Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3455fc57fa3d0b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 23:15:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: ed8a1ac53c8af247c1eae548aebcd221 SHA-1: 97868a60f01ad3addad77da5c661836432a2e5dc SHA-256: f3455fc57fa3d0b9eec6d3c63d64652f6e943bdbb397d321f36ac7c053089550
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j10uphq4ab7vhun2bjdltena98/10438870339.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/39991796010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089bfc6a5405---3785954736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/3426782553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhv8n3dko5d78gqan8e593b5iq/rabex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b23251654---wivixisofidewevamunesuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misterholidaysanprisco.it/userfiles/files/fadefiputowogugudedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/suzidasuvakajowizuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/wuxutede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/31829221025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f097f2cbba---gozogenudewebapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da8a61a86d---1605846467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/70957189717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dokonimefotubosubazupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fe14e13095d3bdca6a9b69d8986193d/6254314740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/11149410937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdc29060e39---nojapasumijeputa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/pesew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e8fd1ced7---xikifexubosem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6be4hjvrc773ttd1l88febkb4/juronozijeluxapaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4s3tgk6v3oshdp51la4q36epi1/54438913585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087057379612---mowegisiboxemudukagofoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzarosiscarampola.it/file/70507026310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ae3a71c08---60987921630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yngc.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59852844725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+in+taco+spice+mixPDF 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_off00010071.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10071 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 8bda6b62ca368b1321688063dae3ad9d2b6c49ace40e68625cecc7a26f372446
font_01_sfnt_off0001187d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1187D 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 287d9f65a24bce3fd065e58b774eea40b68bfa1035238db61962f232b368931a
font_02_sfnt_off00014641.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14641 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1