Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c76536b3c7a14e17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:23:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 997cc39a4abdcedca20eb1c68f9cd835 SHA-1: 4cc32a80228c870c707cff5c9b560ac8fc1f7634 SHA-256: c76536b3c7a14e175d96932d876a6dbe75cfd2fc317f4911ef11bd7255d12c7c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The PDF structure suggests it's designed to host links, likely to facilitate phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links indicates an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/83655788462.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fdf2ba1b8c---zezikarar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmanagement.net/userfiles/file/8940721509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64982e2fb7b92df58c7a4fa9fea30469/22932378643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718976abf4f---dinaxoxajikuzozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/badixiwitoxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e5962e3d02c88b45acb3c12dd522250/95852313340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuregenaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8bb536ec16---37002488740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847c01ee900---42169934536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210616094242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b5b941c39---68716478056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a03ddcc5af---riwezunagijirowerejosiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/kokefuloguxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetranhtuong.info/luutru/files/86236812190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19392955866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb00d82e10d---zuzaruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95f047a489---suwilewuxemosototugatule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastmoorclassof1970.com/clients/4/43/4343e427eb1b0a0668350338a4d6b623/File/ruzon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkety-patemal.sk/files/file/gepikokebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raykingcarroll66.com/clients/2/29/292092747e06e0ab09130fa737b110c0/File/42384429768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/rexebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=sooty+and+co+speedy+sweepPDF 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_off0000b1b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1B4 15296 bytes
SHA-256: f1138c1db61678738a951a6dc551edb5e81f2c3bbad7588bbe99a76165718a1f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6FA 10544 bytes
SHA-256: bbea35bc28b9aa88d16604c52e6cce7e11c863c89e67071b8fb9d27f3b287c59
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1