Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcd1f50ce9dede24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:53:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fbf0b00a41179f8ceb9f9ceaf79c08d6 SHA-1: f5d989923f6cb33a1ebb66f84e7cf8197f499bb0 SHA-256: dcd1f50ce9dede24021dd52087af5f7608f2757c8f7574dcfdf2283b0d11b9c8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with known malicious PDF droppers.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee38ed2292f---65561147704.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d05ca05d3dc---33865743411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/88752783724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074740ed1f0c---xamavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beruanglucu.com/contents//files/95796030899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161198d2f02a50---dekudomibitivibipowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozmetikadunakeszi.hu/userfiles/file/27956731601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumigilotetaxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapsda.org/SapmaUserfiles/file/wevipotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/66268851258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dukufuninoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insolite.lu/img/userfiles/files/jalogipixenores.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/vasavogesafopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/64169296133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbamedica.org/userfiles/files/woxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cqc-material.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/vuwogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdea4f781fd---21108910702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/54749767631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delvalle68.com/clients/54584/File/52066900524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sd0ibl12u115jut77o49at64v7/26041840221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cedbb76a576155e61bdf458a0c180ca/95012435335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vakuvimevovodivezeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gjf1524m3egds09gcpi7jjsa81/fabilagaxowofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/xasobujidixugagenepubun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c984cce7bdd---33052005612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/63294517298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=excel+spreadsheet+to+pdf+converterPDF 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_off0000db61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB61 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 25d2f8bbc690b91e7050c3b7d41aac63e3f65da11e03f900c2936103c10ae3a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF435 17136 bytes
SHA-256: d8d48d8a203df70a88c00e214bbf64d893048b6c800e34df72ebdd065b72f5d9
font_02_sfnt_off0001209b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1209B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1