Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1549f4bef48b92a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-22 18:15:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5ad705efffe2020462fde3bd9132dc48 SHA-1: 768d6be861940177655459ea8b0127e0bdce096b SHA-256: d1549f4bef48b92a9d5c205c682ab76b223483592b9000ae7b7c17c34d4574dc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The PDF was generated by wkhtmltopdf, a tool often abused for creating malicious documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mi+box+apps+download PDF link annotation
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/beterikuwajasogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.fortunekenya.com/callmark/files/60979953818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/xirutibajunali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65121915864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkokmagnetwire.com/ecodev_test/image_system/files/wepurox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://millersexpress.com/userfiles/file/gofixebafujijavuxetiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectagsafety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38830609993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t25abcric9j017o5628h7irpg0/japinexezosijezekubodetop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132de399d0dd---rokasixezapalukogopusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faptvmedia.com/userfiles/file/95866256175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/tojitaxolokumagapusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hram-uspeniya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43506292730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harnettcountyhba.com/userfiles/file/60521501322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309d720be87---bexudelajavibarobolitefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/pumumesakuruwifuvuvesiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alatasfilms.gr/ILC/img/file/15164632998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/pozuzawadeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c7b4621357e8b9d4964ad7a2b5cea04/13587497026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/46739315596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arucax.am/user_images/file/wujegitowadide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/tedujebaneludugano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18276841184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161357d8e86dc3---14888991850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majedalkarkhi.com/pics/file/xozonefipexabirerasiwafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/55235874813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sujitonweb.com/userfiles/files/nifimifaxosenaloziti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chubsorn.com/file/files/kepapare.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_off0000b6ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6AE 14588 bytes
SHA-256: 8ff11cc2604f6af998669273d3c6f515c059abc35e9e81eeda283fa7cc01f8fd
font_01_sfnt_off0000db14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f32b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32B 10376 bytes
SHA-256: c532d41d65c3540ba51002f911d1fbbbebb611838407c36618c466bc5e71b1ff