Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6faaf578a576e12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:25:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 49ec7a09811c1f2a4d6227c9c0521e8d SHA-1: 834deb53a3de4a57d55e7782eb43f1a75ac55454 SHA-256: e6faaf578a576e1231413cea21a9bee19a6240b0cf43281c28ac7109b6a503df
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of the file, suggesting it is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://galantemontagnana.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22479632211.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/vatal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/13832630522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/nuziranimilovabogepekakus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841a0eb3014---lonurataxuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8uifupuab5nc4f32o6i5us64sp/34199310941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607831639de76---59861166474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81lrnh3vmp8mjnge165fa21vd2/vowasejatogamaxakatavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077233d952fa---29594210456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43dd2b0061e332aa15f511b143af3351/mibufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biancoacolori.it/userfiles/files/81254666978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a4192ae4a6a6db661a6cb35a191022c/mevazifubewejojepawikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ub6jobsvej347qfa9t413mh30/63396693625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/nagetisamesulasegusase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/74882761924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3e1a3ee8d---vomujelaledovemodawipub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lupozudojibinepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/wolofuwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db557775440c61aa37479e9b1fff5d5d/fozumeminin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavo-bazar.cz/userfiles/file/87887544870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkrf5681upmihbtrc0km17h242/65753498850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagelight.pl/userfiles/files/lejifirobalavawason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113f55273982efd1e83d7cae39d1de00/41264266912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=subaru+forester+2002+workshop+manualPDF 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_off0000cecd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCECD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DF 17352 bytes
SHA-256: 7c94cfaa03c9d37c2841a44faf21565c1f8a5feb48df666a7ce76af4feb4ebe7
font_02_sfnt_off0001141b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1141B 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 71b891fc75048ac64de5077bc7311b272ad74d4d618577c0c995926b134f7b50