Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3033c67968568dcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 09:55:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 97dbe879481845770484e23a95cffedb SHA-1: 58c2b4edcbf231ae335fd856d61462989e97dc0e SHA-256: 3033c67968568dcc637d98cde7ba549b62c0fc0815925103088d908f744057fb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm heuristic suggest the PDF's primary function is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wifi+router+app+for+android
    • https://endeligmandag.no/e-brev/data/div/bumojijeg.pdf
    • http://www.me.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210905_124941.pdf
    • https://telorgabus.com/contents/files/revalavumefinabudewuli.pdf
    • http://huzatfokozo.hu/editor_up/36467939825.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411aa97521c---zewowoti.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eabg7n3uf8psq8hedb9htmncl/guvida.pdf
    • http://pfmconsulting.org/survey/userfiles/files/faduwagalasutugubil.pdf
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcjdmbhjhfb4jvstdh9uto6oj6/56424577320.pdf
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/66782824011.pdf
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210908044540.pdf
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/38005918179.pdf
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/50432827532.pdf
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27548378733.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130bb6ec5e43---zabefafuketarexizuwo.pdf
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vegezomoxewotufu.pdf
    • https://confidence-ist.mktechsol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39902624343.pdf
    • https://semut73.com/contents/files/doxulererixomomefo.pdf
    • http://amunt.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14106213356.pdf
    • http://vsrru.ru/userfiles/file/notesemoxozavuxu.pdf
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80241239602.pdf
    • http://beijingteye.com/upload/files/wivofizesebo.pdf
    • https://specialgarden.ro/userfiles/file/wazutewanazoga.pdf
    • https://speculatio.in/ci/userfiles/files/dudezuxebopew.pdf
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/bapurebojub.pdf
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tajijegagufu.pdf
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/delinuvijadaraxasadikux.pdf
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/pupaxatitigufelifurabiwi.pdf
    • 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_off0000bda3.bin
26aa55b36bb8e3db39ca41002317eaabed8d3182f20535c750afb023ecf0fbfd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDA3 20672 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f275.bin
2699b2220c58cc11bab15fba6c62ec0e098f49a5824b32b72fe07950445467f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF275 10372 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010a01.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A01 16792 bytes