Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c766903ea7d752b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-31 01:16:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: eecc7f96f6e578508359052aec13ee39 SHA-1: db9062a9c2fbfb7a30fcb975c82250b9319e4d16 SHA-256: c766903ea7d752b24745d897c0289c8846cbba1aed55b50608dc77844ee0a5e3
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 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of distributing links to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure to phishing sites or malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://18554080.com/userfiles/file/34970823324.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ql7sc94b3horffpit6vodomlle/34517926290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/32896886766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768c38b4903---sejupiwediwijareniginen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeyadhurgatemple.com/userfiles/file/toxevegadaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57e11589d8---vusexusemakimejuwudeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4087d1b6d221666054246d88e6b2a527/28493747054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents//files/53146751206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cerkq1gfgm7o9kgjamjsj838m/jugesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe87e1f4bc---derebodosefako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161285d9b2d6dc---tarapufunawuviwekixizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8624d0cd10---7476763759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanifeugur.com/image/files/80365309210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85e9e1eff0---19649097463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/pivedawuwofebulelajalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/tixolasavefakagumitazadaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://excore.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokaroparud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6768f17d7---78594010273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbcp6n8v8a07ugvfbgvnb1f8d6/vokoralorixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/rikilusupeluwodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrybalko.ru/files/32697041312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharadsangam.org/UserFilesTwo/file/podunilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/35296170124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/wozutez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garantc.ru/userfiles/file/momenokivataruduguvapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=hypothyroidism+and+cretinismPDF 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_off0000f77e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77E 18620 bytes
SHA-256: 135646689f53edcc44c3b3e1c087fc8daba76c1e62924baa5f6c2edef7bf7488
font_01_sfnt_off0001282b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1282B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14042 10836 bytes
SHA-256: cca85abf805f60bcb66e5b3e7374b527128ff3a22c3168d0eccba69261aab051