Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1dff4079f724575…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-26 23:41:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: cb08c4c8f6c471f2fe2b911340c1e53f SHA-1: 6ae421dd6729a95546e659986462386e6f68caf8 SHA-256: d1dff4079f724575bd8b1944ec079defca24c7adc067810cae2925260be0ad64
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607096b2a5a98---61301780676.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/908c4b9894cea91f996227b36b55a317/fujopumuxanuxevofudadifug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69dd69f805e5886cad66de552d2b6e8d/rakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c966f81298818259f88b73a5c27ccda/wimudijadopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6b0098fa3---75811718736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwalabamaave.com/uploads/files/41952762486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/46636068019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849d01777c4---nawufenaxitokeziremozuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skomi.ru/img/files/file/gekipusedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/54995298708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/fuvaxupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/rosisuvabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/379c817c3bf8b8f6be0386ef45470436/puzixukidudebolimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609093c00dd2c---4872072803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/38861106546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e30bc1f39e---37745527338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalanpa.com/images/upload/File/5007952625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/pufapidivazorefilajemaxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/638fd835c4f66d10fbe204b1b6a6c1e5/pixejipagejikegetifeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/juponaleroleremubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70428283982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karunb.com/UpLoads/files/povuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hr-serdahel.hu/images/file/fumekofijoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c38e322df---wuwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+pre+lab+2+answersPDF 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_off0000f870.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF870 16852 bytes
SHA-256: e0a309c68398bd1ccf8cee4b028624a75379e50b216deb4ee5db2f25541c7670
font_01_sfnt_off0001242c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1242C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013c43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C43 10888 bytes
SHA-256: fa0c2c6648862418c75de5bd057a747abbe4875529fcbc47f99a32b066269c85