Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3774b45e048bb2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.8 KB Created: 2021-08-10 06:54:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8b47ef57c3a296e6acdffea972e41d3c SHA-1: a75d472a7ecfb8de1d60cf980b9cc057098d2c3d SHA-256: e3774b45e048bb2fa714917a9853fcc3dbcb7d1a0352ea76654637f9fe24b972
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting domains. These links are likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819d42d4764---54952297602.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4684aa2692---tewagejemifux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/zevifogalegumadomoluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/45693676137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/51966063228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35e175cb97---padepodemilivowogagimeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27974119058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d87dbc30d5---lolijeveponedabugejolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/67520072467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45d3895d92---pipilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanmall.ru/files/uploads/files/61385249331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/46181908558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c80c1a3142---jafagopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e41891d016d914cd3d04eda4b9ec9ac4/rinonagodatotagesene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e621ef93ac094eebf274fa82ef28533/31575796959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/76181729157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/tifilojavetodok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/zoxaxigulaberapupawevol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siroyensao.com/upload/files/87828218143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d0df64829---nokiderozuzuraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-drog.pl/userfiles/file/vujafotoragidabasuwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ch897b03vopng4s1pfptb3mmts/tafopazalagaxowojemiluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6cc92d5dc---vofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea2ef780d6720deb0be050d74350341e/29249126092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a685652950b077ce731ee60fe6cb35ae/20962240005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=human+molecular+genetics+strachan+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00015027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15027 11244 bytes
SHA-256: d16b7ac22b9f6f4f364240938b8113af15bfcd48ce8ee928f6762200dcb6b767
font_01_sfnt_off00016a1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A1B 18212 bytes
SHA-256: e43dc5a325cf31b6317805e9c5680dd11e0464ed8a610061ecfa35e69da00193
font_02_sfnt_off00019a4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19A4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1