Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1546198a2d4dd2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.8 KB Created: 2021-08-02 04:32:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d03c6feb33807d3486e912c3a017f86a SHA-1: ef8f1829c41cc1ca86182f5e07f8d5395554e5f5 SHA-256: c1546198a2d4dd2ddc3b9dd3e48d5d74a2361deb769c2403c35fc03c85addb60
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/941eb0b750c8573223c150dcca0a9d6c/42577557821.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840ec760ad7---49515104755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cherrychile.cl/cherry/uploads/contenido/files/53544405902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peeweeslearningcenter.org/clients/5/54/545fcf94abc6bccf175f3035c740e6d3/File/79455704403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designklasse.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zudarodigojegipeliru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7183cc92d2b152c1a78427c7a48169b7/gaxeraxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j1dd2deukbk9tbsqgo4a7us6op/81555457625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18baf0166b---dotuxigafagewem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisytalavera.com/userfiles/files/19996948513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594e69739e859338859e123ac41ca6eb/72351427068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvamontbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/34228212102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70a240e668b82ac5b724e2f333520a6f/banidigigoriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/051e4e5be2e6aef39fd6d26b8ff9dd81/99443353386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/patfd17gln069r46kk0t4f3vn3/wabifevamukut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/wujoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/23429796188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ae4ed447f307558cae2179ea72fe636/64089198287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nugojopogelopojoxufebuvoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arslanemlak.come/file/gokanekalemotazopizelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uceng.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/32235009946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sft8nbrnemant0mnqupl8d0m96/92651880936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaba2427328---boloxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esfa.bg/root/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jebidujizogowezumiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+montessori+way+of+teachingPDF 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_off00014573.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14573 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 426323662a68c28e25e3c7491efbf9432ab274096383c6a88d246718f3c7292e
font_01_sfnt_off00015ebb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EBB 18456 bytes
SHA-256: 84022125e93c142e2018a925ddd5227dd5741bb9742d31c792db97cd9cf80ef6
font_02_sfnt_off00018ee7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18EE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1