Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e09a3e0f33691a7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-22 01:09:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c5940bd8591ed73ebef64279c09b78f6 SHA-1: ff86462cca0ccaf3ffc3632e3fde636351d2faeb SHA-256: e09a3e0f33691a7bb7dbfa0a48de48476c6f8353db40c0ffa2aa4b997b9c7fcf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings indicate an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious content, likely a phishing or trojan payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608622836893f---42363709390.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7de6658dd---10866303217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/bubonixofazemuviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/zonan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklinehs1964.com/clients/6/6a/6a3559cec3eb17f551da2d864c8c85ab/File/98908200133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081925d06cff---gawenubuzikesarosogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc71e1ea7c1---64637113505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/24494146321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f00003cf642991bde45900cd5d0dbdc9/vajorerajelojulumoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/jirezidolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93bf23e4174243a6428d55152bb10f5b/kudeziduwebetosawefoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldaserwis.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mesosimajizasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/32296690895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazrabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/pudanewifapagabojizakot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baba001f54b070ded5b1285695b36769/26561786677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/denonosikavirofejezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24aa8b81f89823b5d5f2de1cfdb87c0d/sasosuxojonikuzujagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurora-c.jp/files/files/loremojebap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ec10f2b5c6ae9b5a5b136c7594a572a/28467439181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a9320d08b---mabedewafafutivabunawabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/58000847764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160a2b44f89cfd---80924861035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd998ba7b3f6334b161a7b0992ffdf5d/58581842944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+ortograficos+pdf+agustin+mateos+mu%C3%B1ozPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000deda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F1 11396 bytes
SHA-256: 75703899e71f0a34930cf3754df8c242912e202d7b038e1e901a6b8bd29db021
font_02_sfnt_off00011161.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11161 18976 bytes
SHA-256: 9e97a495dc9c148120a7c5fa09f91351e6d9666ba33f1c438e325897ffcdcd04
font_03_sfnt_off00014211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14211 3088 bytes
SHA-256: f0865b3a1d6349dc951395c7e780634f78520d25ec30c6c313f39259c0804a6d