Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e04f8d88501cd909…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 06:31:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ccb310ffc16b2271a65b246399c941b3 SHA-1: 087d58121778f790c34c721fa4327736521607dd SHA-256: e04f8d88501cd90909a86b35b6943724ceffa882a2997c760398d5dcac6528a7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure of the PDF and its embedded URLs are indicative of a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7beb977095a00287ae8bce7a6f19a25/najegutidenewerezudid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca2346098f---44642923068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/35917080933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/95235514333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://52fotki.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12632526463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6279eea86d---79874634990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e1952f540---kabaveniviri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/37297253226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/76732357710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2a20ae906cd4575b03632a66cfd4bf2/xupenanofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ab8d71d92---91243708141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahodayabbsr.com/test/fckeditor/file/lijozoduje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/879d3ea1c3ab8f69295c4f578bf59e95/85493827939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5045ec80b8---nezukijofadinotabizuroreg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be11913f38a---76647846111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/bowawivevikipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c23b658d84---76229298661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d52835265d78e0b04260b4d699beac14/15417741278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparan-art.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paxulawebegim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/rugavufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6f74f29e6a2c618a530fffd05a61daa/fefibofipefoxiwabulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/dinumujivileridededifomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bqatth6v7pvl3n016doft4s6s9/64828296452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=200+hectares+to+kmPDF 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_off0000ddb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB7 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 69d32068519d377849460584f41f0372e8ccf271c0ba78d09391363bd6af6311
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC4 17608 bytes
SHA-256: 31a11f61eac863623026d0361e9b57d1ef0e0516149baec1b98fcf7dc48fc254