Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a719a32668af5779…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-06-12 18:27:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3f1ad725d1418dd5ef2ffa11f7d5c1f7 SHA-1: 027964161d25a6ebbb5b30c30b7e8054f16a2ace SHA-256: a719a32668af57792ee96ff684a8c72e4043438c92f0b8fcf6940c1b3948849d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, as indicated by multiple heuristics flagging it as a link farm on compromised WordPress sites. The embedded URLs, such as http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b358cg02vade4nf9c7llhp2g6/29384718356.pdf, likely lead to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature, suggesting it is designed to exploit users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dualshock+4+controller+analog+stick+problem PDF link annotation
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6385b33cce---4702937229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/furupevowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d1e3ead3d---35515284872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cfe5d7c70---zemigivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8206f899632d6f1b335da88cc471e68e/42191533528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eab63546a159bb521fa552b31ca8dcef/gugusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmqq8hiahdlsnaro6umco5719k/62526372741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0af58ceaa24c0530a5afd7dbc52155d5/xilitozeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1328e87bc7fc1b9e53eac6f6c7ed180d/30315938895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j21i8o4oo45e061chsnte4ec70/68389368912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c73ead976bb88633a313453af88212e9/58590507998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b358cg02vade4nf9c7llhp2g6/29384718356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j9mpl5k1knheg3f87jf894gf2/nogoguwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1efv0h4i9ggm8h8ocloqvgmn6u/ruduxizas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc745bbda9---20448125972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e53c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE53C 5520 bytes
SHA-256: 7d4465db54d7346f64e1669cc3dc57df8e530480aed748a9be06b842aaf0c269
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D7 10256 bytes
SHA-256: 882db458cd6584c72ceec731de389d7fb21876bb8c8ee74487e0bb378a761887
font_02_sfnt_off00011ae4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AE4 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 4fcfa7c68d76e23b667942a3ac892d2d5d88346478daafc61479ad4df4af3dd3