Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a630349f1bcde4e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:12:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7db6defad53a26dad39cfafbdac3b7ea SHA-1: f57409ac831fb990106048631ed526ecea418cec SHA-256: a630349f1bcde4e27da54734793679bfc65265127da19170149c73991d4df2e8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of distributing malicious content through these compromised hosts. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607caf1283486---64501963472.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a28325aa0---63027467059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/17194945545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84b091cad4---funovakedar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/066980f9cd02a3e0db0ce0858d42f9ca/74083874648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/sesisinigitixegalobotav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veterinarycarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/bidozojukizediw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7pk867erac19jbkr3qfpbu6g1/pozusubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0gmvtjslc3bqtvd9g8drgdej6/42963997496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5262f936f32c0506216f4ac4ab8232c/begefodozebevika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512052143181407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostmegasoft.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nugawisanarevekorafirut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22lhkppprj5fj0615usv28br8d/pasipizevetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae42ee5983---nilesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijzh9b.xn--90ae/documents/file/59356579161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhceramics.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/30622614039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/33677525469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/55725793708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/malam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210613_53D4F652EC9ED286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h86cb1pkqcqpjlbm53v2h5ume5/xaluwotejopuworozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/2569553081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=b%C3%BCrgschaft+formular+pdfPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f33e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF33E 18712 bytes
SHA-256: de33f2c49fcc236e3d41bf18d733ce88cf18aa38c7003e69f78a039b1917258b
font_02_sfnt_off000122eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122EB 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 4f61aef1df0a7562293ee73eff119327ddf096ffa3bf82871633bd691e14feb2