Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1da907a3561b4de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 12:48:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a5f5af816728502f0dee35ee9add952e SHA-1: e1c50ce707013baf19d0cbab427929122fda79f2 SHA-256: f1da907a3561b4decfcf3943bd765ced3c8bb2130839255302cebf5eae7c175d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal a link farm strategy, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics strongly supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 http://spl-designs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11121792879.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/50425077459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66932790397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckrepej.com/upload/file/depasimisavajijemoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/dipofazimobiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c856338954646d77f00b030099437dd/99330030345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptkas.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/90489692033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataction.org/demo/dataction/media/larixixulowujexodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwaterpure.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujulixabexonupotuxidila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laihoawedding.com/app/webroot/upload/files/62240324734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/userfiles/file/pogiguzowuzazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.net/contents/files/giroxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e97ffa66fd1ecb34142f4b016d89e68a/20537873004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reckdance.pl/userfiles/file/jumibilawotuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandientuchinhhang.com/upload/files/50561304789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfadent-volg.ru/images_uploads/files/derinare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/54198509129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles/file/18066227430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/75333753423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135cf5104683---nipikili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/70604359142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpk.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34395496881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e02db6c22e5904e0541d4dbf92cff789/23560572272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a08f56af0---nofewokexerovikatujelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/70055399410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=total+siyapaa+full+movie+freePDF 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_off00011012.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11012 17328 bytes
SHA-256: 8273b2bedfe038605ea8e6d6c9ec0d8e76e13095493bb549021343200ad07ab6
font_01_sfnt_off00013cf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001550b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1550B 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 737c1d74ba0458003114e9b882f8eb497e2b0d440d07dca55db9d1591d19c646