Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6071c35c66d3521…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-25 11:16:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 98e51c846c643129c3642ba183662ff1 SHA-1: b4d857b65d0b8f8e8f233864620f43448e29b3aa SHA-256: d6071c35c66d352141c25014744fed3d9a7c6a74567faed1fa8cf266919b9353
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an image-only design with a clickable action, directing users to a URL hosted on a compromised WordPress site. The PDF also functions as a link farm, distributing links to various unknown PDF files, likely to broaden its reach.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sd8ja7ap43rfr6skhsjbdrg7uv/rufiluwakapokulixazalidu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/toxepubewofozememo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/zekijolawefaxanij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/rozulagusagenomet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/retibilolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazionche.com/files/nomerajetowojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratoempat.com/contents/files/ziwerejorukemomexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selispin.net/calisma2/files/uploads/41540376370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfaegaianascente.pt/portal/userfiles/files/82669348094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtongrongshang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210914112733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1acf/files/file/lokifijusabod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karaokejdi.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/70191323079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purefeeling8.com/data/file/winex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescofesta.it/userfiles/files/79555685671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f77e10c41---vuxumobumirasimenivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e4ca2204a1---38966771007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemaeldeundobjekte.de/uploads/files/24034242232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/64390697994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/78938909573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/91917482761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--22cjbbm2eyae3ehabdb4kqdtae3dxnnc1fhf.com/user_img/files/31250321309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/28141160561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamnitikamini.si/upload/files/82194809115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/68172427271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mb-classic-service.de/userfiles/file/42502998038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rapizobuxabuwimitelipor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=new+android+tablets+2017PDF 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_off0000b34f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB34F 10788 bytes
SHA-256: d25dcfcd5d4d3c0dae8f8bd4590297c8263fe6c9e749da9a5b75f334dee3f685
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC63 14396 bytes
SHA-256: 393e748440d0ce3691366205a342b12f61a9430207aef42673440764cf7114ea
font_02_sfnt_off0000f074.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF074 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1