Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6fe57c04a5596f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 04:25:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 065991ba7c76a050c4cc938d18412e12 SHA-1: b96e3533363b84507d2a5586c3649e46f6bb4b3f SHA-256: f6fe57c04a5596f1c79cf7467c29ce4f2bf5e5beff3acd7b40059d691bcd1f6c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of distributing links across various potentially untrustworthy hosts. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a malicious intent, likely to direct users to phishing pages or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kjk3uh0rpf0apmggu14tr03hr/bujovapakigirife.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6q2242biaudr10vudmrmrvtfh/39501236401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/94089345004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-vrignaud.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8201359799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gtm18p45f7fo276hll1a1itu9/29070279494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmnavarra.es/ckeditor/files/50048263494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/nizipejegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56e9cfff1c566d860f1b9d384c9793f8/raditewekutobedajemila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nomikm89q24814g3o183au9r6c/75381304992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac366577709---mipufabivajagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/faberoradiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supporttmes.com/clients/2/26/2647aeee05d38019bb2ff7af4ee9f9d5/File/subewibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d5016e0e0---fenomekosajipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfc76c4c16---22141195053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/debisupipejakazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1035476633c93cf45dedf81c71e2037d/42812471560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36c7bf2f9fc9a0a1a4578c90b8338f35/pobigomuromemisemew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8aed97982d---siwusaledejapetafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b260f21221c---59720892906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3e172b4d37---49903687384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758d7a5decc---govesutezofegujuwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=grade+11+reading+and+writing+modulePDF 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_off0000fd2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11544 10700 bytes
SHA-256: f9e0e640ec960fc04a2963a4bd08ff21289f73892da5bd22e683e597ebb6f82e
font_02_sfnt_off00012dab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DAB 17112 bytes
SHA-256: aaa3d05c99b60373e9ac5e737d3bc0840abcf78ab1ce5aaf29a549b43fe34ac5