Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb1af6ffc5b90dc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:20:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 37d036879ced7e1ad1ba4d977f873c28 SHA-1: ff452506139d06807a35db597d18a19c0ef30739 SHA-256: fb1af6ffc5b90dc080c94a6c5196ec88284b6aef291e63629c909a3d3c42d6ac
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links points to the document's role as a lure to potentially malicious content.

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://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba3b2fb2f7aa0b937f7b35943acb5760/80161815065.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-1/20210501020100946486.pdf
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d64a97882---1785977095.pdf
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f54d6a618ec54e87cf9c528e13a14540/rewupebebovaveduk.pdf
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/83827151505.pdf
    • http://geometrabottero.it/userfiles/files/puripajexab.pdf
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da9b5c738c3---63907550885.pdf
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/19881081787.pdf
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/46991213002.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsfhkenmssd3q3cvcivnc7d0s4/wodogodijejin.pdf
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db21bda565c4bf69d2f1210b44108fd4/kodasiserofaruwomokijom.pdf
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/84119323612.pdf
    • https://allianztc.ro/files/file/kolujojibilarazipofejid.pdf
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/9569846075.pdf
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6093e3a5c5bfe288c3999d61feb3ee28/xowefavivaj.pdf
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/bapafazalugoxa.pdf
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/jaziduli.pdf
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qd4ijvfknrtdeg7kskej89kn8/79374639466.pdf
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2pcsm5artcmnqe2f4git8ggnf0/94037793598.pdf
    • http://waterreducer.cn/d/files/12529816326.pdf
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rgi6fnkkgq8lgl0g337aaghprq/sijuwi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=cityscape+wallpaper+animal+crossing+new+horizons
    • 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_off00010f23.bin
4f24385774fdd46d2a149fa8af36d2d95877eddbd4e67c13f4abeec7adad6004
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F23 18028 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013eb8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EB8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000156cf.bin
b871fface9bc1fe8504fb025d773ae7bd9955c6155b11abe72b7afc86331bdc8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156CF 11112 bytes