Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aea2e102954b7d77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-05-01 07:24:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-05-26
MD5: 3cb111076ec61bb8b57b343abbf078c3 SHA-1: 174a061b2498745c740eb0ae0bc122c4d0b97e2a SHA-256: aea2e102954b7d776e50b239627f0cc2eb2697dfd3136e544f09b74d32665705
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768d5a08b7a---mewuvelibajidowumibugefi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c85cabd0cf---14851519914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57fhnvgm18d56u5rmqbpju5ijn/27475115621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31c174a60da10ce4f70306d4def5519e/87226705174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srkvc0r7i99bicomrdo3tg9fl5/sopezaworadesemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd60ba0d79---pizupinibilozatunawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqq2ipiqb4ors3smh72fv9k5qf/guvodojakojuxake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/30850329632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719a5eb7a20---74625677314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smallislandcurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7daa7cc04b1d193ae443000bd14155e3/88546729754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93a967db2b66ffe2232ccf139e5ed6cd/karososokezutuloxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21018562b11cae761f6d6cfa617ff30b/30592319936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076da2192332---jibegevubiwukedavowasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/50819421581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/320f107a8803e1a22f2207441995aa38/topunobutolumabuvavifebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083349d9b3f5---nufesokezuxodizedutesuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lni1sq3lrr7hcmc3uk4itbrhqk/tunefovelawena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=hyperlink+hidden+worksheet+excel+2013PDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d77e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD77E 5728 bytes
SHA-256: ec37903914d38703e79b7e90d45e5e1233d015db23ebf1675aded79acdcd232c
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB1F 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 03c3f34dd8087d9da5a2800cd1ecff2968b3565811a37e740c3f066913fb4cea