Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1ff9f36dbbb68e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:07:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bf178a83cccb95f497b83bb7e829caa7 SHA-1: 5c2b33d9b85c112fb4ab15d24cfa17d551cbb8fd SHA-256: e1ff9f36dbbb68e42706fe6c3d21eba64233d314af642ddfacb535eb36d84fc3
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other domains. The heuristics indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely a phishing lure or further malware download. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=linguistica+y+colonialismo+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://stnicholasway.com/userfiles/file/lilalirupifelopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b81dcb0cf91---bawukomuwiralitutaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/fapowedibabufamowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8s43o27095ib8tbmrirq1r0h7/safitivusenosop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/75802705857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2i742r3o3skv3dbrla3g6kc6q/82103394597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899efe544f6---wuxekotiwanafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafosaleservice.cz/images/fck_editor/file/37944608981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7397ba74c8775f17bf4a0536d9fc2ad9/9155594898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/85589735941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dfa8ea7ac---mazibozofunegaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qnp74ktdluh1bclmk1ea9etbrl/43964243760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nejepuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikolalepojevic5.com/multimedia/file/37994425186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q95r9qhsa9m84jma9ecuqfuoho/90041098270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/76274086456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phatnang.com/media/ftp/file/dijufalazuwixigujuzotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc35327f350d5a49ce18325fe00b5448/robazoronosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/82965776635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/gisafudebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/64621751589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/25873509826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000df23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF23 19328 bytes
SHA-256: 34f21d1f1b535db6f6867bbb91d7808fc8727511c1a00a765507673360293985
font_01_sfnt_off00010fd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FD7 10904 bytes
SHA-256: cd97b1defcb1a94862f81f0aaa248012d472f46a94a0b38e7983893ab91e058d
font_02_sfnt_off000128e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1