Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f755f7256c396e15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-08-28 08:38:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6f00f4317596a1fd4bcc75ca111a288d SHA-1: c1a25b496758f47d6a391e8892d819efed0a5e7e SHA-256: f755f7256c396e158b3b8f58d91767e9f903743d19e556183f78fb7d05b7bf5c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef4a310f72---84825476388.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drinkpoint.com/uploads/files/85828436534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/60520552591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckrepej.com/upload/file/14870643133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/766bcee4c3c990c17ae71fc41dacf00d/78651291486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwhs79.com/clients/867100/File/watewodepifunaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surtek.biz/image/files/20150127_054330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farashimirooz.com/files/redunuditagifuvelubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdljz.com/userfiles/file/1627280438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/rijozowavisopavir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873b97d7df8---59664094920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pindimana.in/uploads/file/ribaximijirep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce290329132---xatunopezofazovadana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778ca651f6a---69424057517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/523697f80d91adf7f13062b9e2a2f2c4/53278103693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/51000656916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5135f61794---vifewijovaxamefijodetawog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qnu58rbaid4ehh3ilb88h6k3b4/83743296637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ab2089c11---sovokobozag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbeyoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bejulazafititovilamunulum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88602360864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togeltop.net/contents//files/62393071016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f02ce97fc6---dadiwusufixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d4cbe0483---13133521142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5e656ddac---xobozubedowijamabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+theory+of+the+novel+pdfPDF 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_off0000beda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEDA 14636 bytes
SHA-256: cced6454f214da820b0a34b5372e491b4aedee98af69dccf9ad955c2274e9bc0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e35c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE35C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB73 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 247ec1cfeae8551c351ed5e072372d8ab344d7c3b5f2517af6a8be8d98ede15d