Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db1537d6b84f3cde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-07-25 18:44:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 81ecf9baa0bd46b7193730b4025796ac SHA-1: 1579fa813fbe0d60c86ee004f133329a68bd6119 SHA-256: db1537d6b84f3cded4c48f7922c37d5853e935113a31416f7a75b1b904e1a0fb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759b21ecf88---bivonaruloraraburufoxev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://goodluckfishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/16842509770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/susodogufumuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ruvmv6tr790mjhhab5oo1c2upd/bisanalowamekezixifigog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakakinpump.kr/fckeditor/upload/file/82839231146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/wozomilabizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f2cd7371a---nigur.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5842736316---somogeribemezopika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748785582e3---3535034020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/wibososazogan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bv355sula2shkmf95hr615482/wafutofadone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724c8bbf6d0---58857673257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/022872425c942b8d820f85c0a7d937df/subugijibevupojufere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210602/210602072402290604t46nj6zjoiir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910216baa62---3443222995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/68823949151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/51006717254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072669fc8be1---lerofolowobavafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7japa5ff35caj9qeja2436o67/boxaxokazopevazowiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/kafafejerimavupewebagose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niziointerior.pl/upload/file/jupuzemofivagebebevupuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+small+business+budget+spreadsheetPDF 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_off000106d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D9 11248 bytes
SHA-256: e2aa21b37f23da9739da5df37b3c7e6ff2418c04eefb0c1a4c5e9f3e550efc1a
font_01_sfnt_off00012094.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12094 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000138a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138A6 17956 bytes
SHA-256: c3ddbd94ad52651fa13c9b6453c1a4d4eb470685b611ca0274e4dd3baee1efb7