Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a498d12c0c927602…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 09:55:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a1ea6888ec80c8160841ecae22d14924 SHA-1: d37fd4c4e3fad3032340961cd89b99e668caa636 SHA-256: a498d12c0c9276022243122939ecb4c872eb9ec22b355e1969e630a4572e47d6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious files. Heuristics indicate a link farm on disposable hosting and direct links to PDFs on compromised CMS uploads. ClamAV detected this as a 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', suggesting a phishing or trojan delivery attempt via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9792

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/1461734302.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/roo7jcv7s44q16ipni3bn8i8ar/pisaxuvobep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95qelf4s2tg5gn9s7vbc4t4dn4/pamemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/pogefugifadelepilawafep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.fr/userfiles/file/72041541132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/70839057663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbd6d9dbff---demerixezode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f412218d57d4be2e3a965934c7a4aecf/84603142296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1fb706338---sirosebesoruritafokez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gw21.ch/uploads/userfiles/file/47607907379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bc56669a6---toliwalafizagixeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cb4af3fbd15478f88c48677b2ba6937/barezisenaxibumufebotulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkd3t1nf9t76ct92pmf3hbffu0/marukazagobefomuzowej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/32762132626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de6c118fabcf32abe74b2d32bb32c717/zogorasinoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webelievedin1984.com/clients/6/67/676624d6593aa512bfa6e10e765af00e/File/14184896425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacmacbook.net/userfiles/file/16138801488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc0dec391c---1649438917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/gewavomaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b693787e1a---posedevobowemusisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iguanapools.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbqi0sukujg75gsgvstuqkpnd9/52220464843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/xojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=hundred+acre+forestPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000125b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013dc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC8 17384 bytes
SHA-256: a06609339c032a8dbb419ac1d2e9d5b0c5f1f6d155d6f50b4841fee87d19eef1
font_02_sfnt_off00015802.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15802 21152 bytes
SHA-256: 2f269d9990e702bb338d32a0c980b05e16689524fabfc30b7fba3fd1c22e47a0
font_03_sfnt_off00018b9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B9A 3440 bytes
SHA-256: 4d2266b8e6ee5db8a7f3aaaa569959132cd4779e8a9b5d7a4952f78770ef2bb9
font_04_sfnt_off0001996b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1996B 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 19acf02f5587272465bd8335e509019c566733a60b0577343475bd8fd122eb9f