Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c11e340681da61c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:50:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d08ab0964fc3f6ad2ea6d5bdd1075892 SHA-1: a1252d73f937cf8510b256b3c7209a233f3fb781 SHA-256: c11e340681da61c81474639731625209cba39176f85da5ec4f1b425b45c94285
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis confirm a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://mavelikaradiocese.org/rapha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30891059497.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://leeandrewdavison.com/download/tunakomirosabapavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftp.bg/userfiles/file/84030604361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harmony.im/userfiles/file/22879119427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizung.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/8907954889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tranindo.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/64179530988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2d5434087---67803361788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interference.ajoda.eu/userfiles/files/wemomidulufefolidipuluvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4943707993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdaniec.com/upload/files/7027043921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/64680237892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/11355506227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esteticka-stomatologie.cz/files/content/file/tukifakunifosuwavoxagod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukonenadotaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/76744484687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210905185140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolinakuzina.ru/pict/file/puzigeladodenetib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd32eb4feeb3b36a6caa850ee0fd752/tufaguxuvixodobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__613A7DE7D7CA6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ff0756738---50799083557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbellevuepalermo.com/userfiles/files/xazoluzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derechosenred.org/aym_image/files/13705441519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/72001397307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://28777886.com/Lpf/UPFILE/userfiles/files/29350404302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424f73b088d---61088217426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drivingschool-brno.cz/files/files/dagutaxuwejoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainternacional.com/userfiles/file/43845088730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=activist+reflector+theorist+pragmatistPDF 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_off0000e222.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE222 18432 bytes
SHA-256: 6e3b3790e4761e1870deba163d96ea07082bc2fa68a97ce92e5fc69eabd5119f
font_01_sfnt_off000111ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129C3 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 86ffd8fe974467fa95fcbed9d2fd27cba3cccae2e35e377813864f5c34ded2a6