Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c64adc1254d7bc27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-08-09 21:47:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: dbb8a94651b6f2994184f56c164a6b64 SHA-1: abecc1517b103a90d1fe26ece53c82a0a8a017cd SHA-256: c64adc1254d7bc278e5435671063901b5c13a4014728a24ca97bf9770484d453
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of distributing malicious content through these links. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support the malicious nature of the file, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pair+harman+kardon+speakers PDF link annotation
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnj4bjlta00abjta6mudg4ki7c/faxarimudofapumuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/252a356240bdd938bcb13010fec33bf0/pixuvilalesikogederuwumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca36c52919---91417823378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/89713744230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0319ac2a88fc3bd8740b66ef59fb1b6/82055885794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthopaede4you.de/userfiles/file/zafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/21376941702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c73b6d9c2a---wodusanasaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/mivogemaforobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104b54a05691---35107851197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/woxalarivijixiwibapufijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfcsid6cb52ns7rf24h4nkgao4/76318329036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgzb.com/upfolder/e/files/20210803014304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd53e526380---33338493700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/96956654161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/talifebowub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e331132381---bozawuruviwabasanin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/dezeweboxazopize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codienlanhminhquang.com/upload/files/16427483760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.workbythai.com/admin/assets/images/sunigil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/tavufumus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c62a35b8095---63868362556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/zujilozidotawubifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b41239bcf---zixoboreribaxegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/xajoxokalajavojivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e25d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE25D 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 96728ccba0529b3587bb84fc430090fac3982f5a69b2722de9e8b95ebb44ae9d
font_01_sfnt_off00010e96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E96 10780 bytes
SHA-256: edb361ae4cbacd128a3abcc9961da0628d6043be54ec7cac929f243002b72f42
font_02_sfnt_off00012749.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12749 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1