Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad91c2ff8afa79e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:50:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3c0fe11f04b95972029350c0b04dec7e SHA-1: 78423e495429e0a6f0b6331d9a6a1878b3ef5b4c SHA-256: ad91c2ff8afa79e827bd1dfbcf99412bd9aa928740395931cab9b84014461d76
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised CMS uploads indicates an attempt to host malicious files on seemingly legitimate but compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303d7746a55---jodavikazadot.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e5ef34ff0f---56537063958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e5a2b72f1---xitalokofirederawugukeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeloosschinkels.be/userfiles/file/fukakimiveko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/kesogapasunadag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcochoralsoc.org/demo/lccs/beta/userfiles/files/75977558634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/92207548115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalbrand.cz/upload/file/99470872113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a8af4acea4---29117676248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldia.cz/data/file/zemefiruxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d477ad5ebe911c7b38de4656018062b5/nokaxidodoxava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsushibrea.com/uploads/files/lirukunalovoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protum.se/file/katatod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f6de7a75790412bbdbf2de9dafdb025/99261166970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwsm-us.com/files/file/16906694275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwpni.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/xoxibuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maftplayer.net/calisma2/files/uploads/fevoxefojebaxuxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/43260075750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/guseno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shatalarab-llc.net/userfiles/files/xirasazajevugokuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/16224925396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celyroknaterase.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/16103018882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/pamibadiwexut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lenokojamevadafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=apk+mod+flip+divingPDF 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_off0000b0c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8DE 10320 bytes
SHA-256: cf7f79a541a553b5e9ef73bb98b7f94f7ed4194b8b5060d42447b77b3d16fe59
font_02_sfnt_off0000dfd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD3 15644 bytes
SHA-256: b20b1bb9905bc28ad8871da7750e6139aceee2946926e85fdd2e9e0baf7ba907