Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f089d1ed34b50793…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 20:29:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cdf243318c87c9562465cc4b21c9dcca SHA-1: 5d82d7f5ef94475da9b369ea6f125e48e030ae47 SHA-256: f089d1ed34b507935255f5242cb6c58a4905f6eddbf087bf92aa53ac99553665
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The heuristics reveal a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to these external URLs, likely to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073572a5f725---30234866478.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1v1945vqpsr3fmvcqntkgo2837/77344492785.pdf
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21ff72394d---37356305562.pdf
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aceaj5a5vepv9toc5h1ro4k04l/67012628025.pdf
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ua035qaj2i4jc6ijg37to6is5/tinasiviwuzobidukuwitekob.pdf
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/71331458060.pdf
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00f8e48d51423e9232439b8b1e61b73c/389242857.pdf
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/72967226711.pdf
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d8ca0aea268692469de6ffd9156d1e7/kanefobad.pdf
    • https://legouic-peinture.fr/userfiles/file/88099377993.pdf
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02dgs0e05mfs2bttpd0107pii9/92508219644.pdf
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/87956207654.pdf
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608121d32ef2c---54264470931.pdf
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092887433357---govesalitesubodoloveluwul.pdf
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/vedemigenorimivowinow.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e22057483---62779360749.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de5aa00348d874e3bcef203f239b7f2c/zisironegumegun.pdf
    • http://rittenhousereunion.com/clients/a/ad/ad7d26974070b67854a29702aed78614/File/lanovalub.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b203fc732c2---pezigoti.pdf
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3697040925c54d719d61dd4c37ac481a/44833872679.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c64b957e8b---22586674293.pdf
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6v9fq0tj1g9gv4ao4l90t2cgn5/32054846270.pdf
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/40182286492.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb0785b8ab---82449225003.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=winter+words+starting+with+t
    • 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_off00010f3c.bin
c2b5239ae4072548cb25896c88ea660bddb4970350cb6ffdc4ad01d9bbef4620
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F3C 10560 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001271f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1271F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013f31.bin
7c9aacc96e7be9a3f75de7e4d3e75501c23a9116b1ce1c01a880d220b4e5cb44
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F31 17992 bytes