Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0ef769e92d884d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-04-29 22:00:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-13
MD5: 995c804b44cf5a0cc1d735671f435253 SHA-1: fdab7ce674a9d370c2e68cf68a82641f9f12aad8 SHA-256: d0ef769e92d884d6bfe2b1cf78348815c0df502888e6ecf8ce0b5c58040d4d33
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The high ML score and ClamAV detection indicate a strong likelihood of malicious intent. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to travel tours, which is a common theme in phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okk77stl9p3q4mnvan5r1623t1/zunabesefumiwimen.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hvqnqpqvkr8o23rlh6g70tengc/sofejojoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088dfa159002---98679900016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfb0b1cfa3---81627052054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aabcdbd936d6b47d7b72550b8771802/wikemenoxizuzogigemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081416488590---kijifavulusefevipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b977bbe9997bd1882aead4365c7d35a9/bokuvaxoxidabud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fedd34806c04012e3106081738a05dd4/mevaxobubarabudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98dda364040a2b9b5bbcc969f8d4e469/denobadejaludikajika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084022eb4dd0---ruzititapagexurokevupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/214ff6e8de6f97cf99866a39e830bec4/74017147406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f54a9609ef10d9fcc470fd96bb8399f/66598365937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0726077f77f3880bd0f53ccbe1c532b7/dubofefomotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69e2831939f6ae833ca99aa3250cf183/moviniripujixodejililebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27qr21js2o1jpoe6c3rv6a3fs2/jafemamiwironimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fae22e54ee2fdbdf0276c3e5727fdb61/zevavobupul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahi3j1rdn0g1s1i3sp1i94lnba/45583523589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efffc1acd1---mawuniwomusokikewek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=best+guided+tours+of+vietnam+and+cambodiaPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010fcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FCC 5560 bytes
SHA-256: b75e12e830578fec161a9a30362d8f37bd8a9ec54fa1ddd8a54c0e5a6bb7c0bd
font_01_sfnt_off000122ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122AC 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 8c78d785846fb8142906cac9112753276e0e9e9b73c71e124685334442c6a7b5