Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e831138f186e0e78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:06:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: a42400e38d0145e7bcfdb938497ef4fa SHA-1: b8acbe1015a3c176faf7d02801c33c918f9a0f9e SHA-256: e831138f186e0e78735a4b60d7e9785956c34f17903cf4577c3fdec6930e099f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and algorithmically generated URLs, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eonjff6bdqu8bhd29mdjchn79i/gumevo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03242d553d0ba6c636d284e93e7d53a0/jojewurupegalidifimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsnail.com/media/userfiles/files/nejisituzamatekutuzamufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stnicholasway.com/userfiles/file/66394611740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/nuteroxoxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/90351860456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/96636369327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d39c10107---perobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolutionchonburi.com/userfiles/files/68905141439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/60122327772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311e8bd6ea4---52555352778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garraldaarquitectura.com/garralda_userfiles/files/rarasuzevawomuzekonibajis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restauraceeverest.cz/userfiles/file/98836145054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dolenokalakemadukiteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/36142874369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa383b286d8edb199f206cbe0290faf2/rovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtvpuls.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5949834823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613526f4c8f42---penabosexewebubusevuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawauang.com/contents/files/xejibetidamewiwipuvale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/98533702624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/putekufoxibilutawulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/21313432757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+force+op+hackPDF 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_off0000d380.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD380 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 31c4f0b6fcb28e5ed8fb86e6a2afb64bbd7c7b16452ed24cf9069d3080595475
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB26 19896 bytes
SHA-256: 6b5e8b33f80469dc3480d3e7b57ab01d60612dccdc968afc9f26ddb5c2b8530f
font_02_sfnt_off00012023.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12023 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1