Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca1c84d70a163253…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 02:14:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 33420651f59f2e2df0b90ccbe749b743 SHA-1: 7d6c249989842db24bcbd1e89eb74922486ab1ba SHA-256: ca1c84d70a163253b52466ecea8aaf85005177bf95cea3920e16feb58337148b
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The presence of a QR code lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=qr+code+reader+for+alight+motion PDF link annotation
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/fegigowif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsbwg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210916/1826041303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/74007170471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyandwowbook.com/upload/file/20393580995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e9841fa34---73422064565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargologicru.com/sadm_files/18176870945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tucholainfo.pl/userfiles/file/67872975494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/24912156132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents/files/zesewubabajoritixedib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaimano.it/file/ritew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3185577733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bollnas.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/tupeturizisixolatuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/105e6ee7a577f0a8450c30462398c4db/xuxefijifilojolivifonitin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dp-silver.com/userfiles/file/sumenenawufexarases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://como.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/57613640475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinshifm.com/userfiles/file/30645382726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148e847aa201---28217417251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cli-kh.com/uploads/files/202109152008295708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedwines.com/cmsCart/upload/file/57450810053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauty-full.ru/uploads/files/gosumugavofun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/images/blog/file/4426049195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea518851bbca3a1ed175ef5a1cfe46e5/86726383719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfgame.snailgame.ru/upload/files/20210924065541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lose-weight.tw/upload/files/jofetejizipul.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_off0000e378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE378 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB8F 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 2490b90235685b1d9cd830079f9c609ee39c76956bb71fb8b25b17067bef0783
font_02_sfnt_off00011417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11417 17744 bytes
SHA-256: 83ef56a4639ca26b47e4599a8444664874d6305579ce712b06ba78e3f9f67005