Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da1300ba780775b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.6 KB Created: 2021-07-30 00:46:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 34ebe076b42d3122835d58d9b6d05b9d SHA-1: ab28dfde015fddd5c47530b0b064bb3f56479238 SHA-256: da1300ba780775b13ae2707853e70a2c63fe7f036f00a33a032807e4fb9722d0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, several of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or redirect users to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links indicates a likely attempt to download a second-stage payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41147948463.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/60665252698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountmoriahcamp.com/media/kugiwajuwekodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd57a3bcf32---89530697330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/30658890471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0006a980fa6224ff496fcb767ddc55c7/detasulosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53075c828492b871298aabb67ec08aaa/15009090978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1ff92bfb9---vujasolapirufafavuwadujof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a905a52e542---82787996751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zavalinka.by/var/upload/file/famox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg3rmilu0g6n3oqqbeibvd5bkn/jivubediwevugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk2.com/uploads/files/39765158386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/747bf42caee44c0180ae2b67ec5871b2/fuwupaxaxefige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/bubagalemojepogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/jokodosukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/69219021165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01f11a1bbccf19b7a2875a4b7952f67a/xiwufurovigiwegawomixolut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/91601619306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/38e23472d943ce5e5fc5eeac6ac5a95a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/97175041522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/vedopofanagolaxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e96f432a9626a3e8aa1ccbb8d32f9f2f/68231342251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c56cd299a5709c203bc56396701d8511/86019983349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lak2qh1jv21n023p95uq7mgrp7/40199246002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=quest%C3%B5es+de+interpreta%C3%A7%C3%A3o+de+texto+em+ingles+com+gabarito+ensino+m%C3%A9dioPDF 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_off00013f54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F54 20132 bytes
SHA-256: bcbec8d6131d015e8531931164e947fe944bf4ed04dc5e675d25875487695c23
font_01_sfnt_off00017030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17030 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018847.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18847 12100 bytes
SHA-256: ad455eccd8f7b4b35790d0e5b857a75c5bcb7d4e6cbcf7e6e5488b9a3718a8ca