Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1f2963149e88e8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-08-26 10:35:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 99c0258d0ece7b4b09251508e3538a14 SHA-1: e63d1c839946ca09b05c0117dba23bc9a3c4207a SHA-256: b1f2963149e88e8f0a0819da8f735adb50ceacaf612927a8d7291697c85073ce
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings point towards a phishing attack that likely leverages JavaScript for redirection or exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841dabd904c---popaju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2543ad836654ce0d7ab390732aa110c/21843780569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/wedudazoxepeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7q5gdgfakfjt9pb3hmudr2g7g/luzididi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d31dc62ccd80da139b6968b296b3fca/12929951958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/86766697527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894b58cbde9---38937737309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ek4i6veh91nqv9q0sl4et4met4/86806650351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chogmai.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45602122801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84020de740---dufapisanetofepupedik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a046eb395d26edbd3fde13bff59c1c40/99594255044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/lijabubexal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/84019946675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/nibetozisuxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/zowimolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/fenigoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22l0eai1hipn9fhhotiabu59c5/fafigoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/79763082905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a95aeaae71d402b09a6f01f03396d05/wesafadokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca6c2bb810---jimovozurugol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonandlombardi.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/64424307468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6909051de2---dipejedesapugobezogabego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dgl6c7hhivuoasl32rnce5kj1/degitanedeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=new+word+formationPDF 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_off0000d91c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD91C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f12e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF12E 16148 bytes
SHA-256: f5e04697fdc6fe056e592f0b3814afdfa75b3f8d06c11ba7df565f3b1d21a2fc
font_02_sfnt_off00011b35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B35 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 2b97fe30c0aa6367f13c60da6a1ddb7b453da9281080bbfaaf862836313b6277