Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1e63747734226cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 18:05:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bfe7b236b48a897501e4ece969c590a6 SHA-1: 9b7ec4ff2bcaacdf2de04406bdbecbd9126b56f7 SHA-256: c1e63747734226cf20d3df5344bb815d20ea9dd558ac6cce079791aff3dee76d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, pointing to the use of algorithmically generated URLs and link farms to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://girisimcilikproje.com/resimler/files/81997343537.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/86394948356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/susixetizuwudozuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/4523574009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096eaa78b406---bibutanubazel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc8634dfe1---74955631257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/tuvejemusifamuzukuxamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607807e9815f0---31073597964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4a3bressgpqotgosupa2l7tpq/sojajevadebalatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8455ed5b49ea72f4e366c4ba71373f1/17337709205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf187411c6---liponajimenetexogepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/galutuvonitexurori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t51f1btjdua6er3lv0srl3pd13/18113106891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd4ea44c93---47402399780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0c7acd78b4fb53647075978e93a64f8/niduvosedulumapumatoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bilamokalipibiwonamemarof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742e1edbb91---84926686723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/zoxufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/651e395ea7a0461402b11e10772795a2/libefap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/64755962965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df869c77ac1---vunanitenorobipugaxewokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1496db9ed---pofuturipowipalupinexug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eba9452404---2880851759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/bibigowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=a+quadrilateral+with+no+lines+of+symmetryPDF 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_off0000da97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA97 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 0ceb93c92eb415f875f4d30222d21e17ab845311249d7d366e725df53a10c893
font_01_sfnt_off000107f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F4 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 6a8b8fafbe1938fd877f34bf8c1d283e5b98801b51ba5e9cdecb15321d0690b9
font_02_sfnt_off00012157.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12157 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1