Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac1bd59925037880…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-10-02 17:33:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e7b43db83610ca62d20814e8cdb6efd4 SHA-1: b4eec0a3841f65dea58b4dfc910bc469e9ed965e SHA-256: ac1bd59925037880da3321598c6dbb3c347589aca1ce35619ae9aa701e6ed588
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM. The ML classifier also returned a high confidence score. The file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or further downloads. The ClamAV detection confirms its malicious nature, identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://ghnservizi.com/file/47074190807.pdf
    • http://entrackintl.com/uploads/90560265288.pdf
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3594f4008c8001402256790a5750fe49/62280059162.pdf
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/99359823055.pdf
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/zinix.pdf
    • http://csc0851.com/userfiles/file/20210930222508_0elamy.pdf
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/xatux.pdf
    • https://calienglish.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/98660861090.pdf
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/09/02/file/mebaropufejelezemerakufip.pdf
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/razebikivukobiruwidape.pdf
    • http://reichspfarrer.sk/file/20404896958.pdf
    • https://aristi-trap.com/upload/users/files/84490586970.pdf
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149bf383141f---zegako.pdf
    • https://sdudyogtechnologies.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rurutifusubepevidubi.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/12685362776.pdf
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/wuwusunuzuviw.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613521b3603fb---46671146681.pdf
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/31649653783.pdf
    • https://pt2-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/67430386395.pdf
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148b3b430ff7---riwenudivadavomulutul.pdf
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/47794685185.pdf
    • http://serviphony.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/phpimage/phpimage/upload/images/file/tumovokimi.pdf
    • http://www.mousumibanerjee.com/fckimages/file/58482132652.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=in+vacuum+the+speed+of+an+electromagnetic+wave
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b3fc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3FC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc0e.bin
44c2996cc67919d9b304fa1988dcfcf27f886c6dae971535a79d9167b27a733e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC0E 15396 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2c3.bin
d246bfdd038f1d9ca8c68c1b0682e4493c0ce52b837fccb04a53c5d2676ff178
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C3 11272 bytes