Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e432f96d79e1ee6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 17:43:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 90c992245a94a5fe899610d99eb96f45 SHA-1: 918561bf279d9853e2ab45e524f537a7cd94ab90 SHA-256: e432f96d79e1ee6bddb4a728d5b0c1e2045616d1c6ff361d3b3bec369a4b82bf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations. The heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicate a pattern of malicious redirection or phishing. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=addition+and+subtraction+of+fractions+grade+10
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833ceea3ba0---50227170019.pdf
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0fa441f5d---46544817464.pdf
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d632666d79---dejexibuvosawilejotopigi.pdf
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/783cfcff1b2f12c1a0ba051416f47e33/lugiv.pdf
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/gijimogupezupolujopu.pdf
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53c5d4d60196a1d9a11c7f4f0332a208/38766917644.pdf
    • http://trendybiz.in/usersfiles/file/kogoza.pdf
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rl2hda526happtm5h00jrfhf0v/70885917101.pdf
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/28437635131.pdf
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071da08e1d8e---64256901007.pdf
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e960f90f032c209a727b7793071bbd63/69584802078.pdf
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/dozonibusobixe.pdf
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/177ac3b480db4299ff0883b43762f099/60981958478.pdf
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080990d70aad---xusibexipodugoxekom.pdf
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/movorinuze.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a58a1ed1df---kamutenatapijanem.pdf
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa51c97d745---61171579073.pdf
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf22mdiskottv1slr1qb6539e7/78571988375.pdf
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1956575ffac49ad7d5ea7b967aece3b/fuvitapu.pdf
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/dotadinebaxoz.pdf
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc696aed621c4b626ec201a93dbf673c/75761253545.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc8c88bef3f---xefutomipukivuseromixot.pdf
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0773071a4---mekagipewiginodovig.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acbb038cee---sigoxevumadiki.pdf
    • http://hzdsbg.com/uploadfile/1620551038.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e50a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE50A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd21.bin
825097f11a6d040b7b0c99b084bdcd9b0e953315859b381d7df27fd54f1e20e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD21 11000 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000116b1.bin
4acd92da9564e000485cc7ef35507261c5296193a6ed696abe4d23224a120ab0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B1 16812 bytes