Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 309e753a32752435…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-05-11 05:25:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-30
MD5: 88015b2155d4a934edc529d0d78af431 SHA-1: 29ecf7edafa181429fd99bd6ba0f62c974e2cae1 SHA-256: 309e753a32752435d3c5b526dfb53a9291ff70aa712b2e0609e588251b18aed8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. One link, http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/15266961651.pdf, is specifically flagged as a random URL, indicating a likely download lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdu4giedm8kbh155ohpk3s8phr/47983775715.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609529cb8df91---36268365322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d68eed3cc1a529e8a1084f3dedd2606a/fetojusapepisodukata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5q4nev7mce938bjvon2n4fecf/79139222298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/871ote2u9q4hmdgofn0npoer36/92124271561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08911879d78f40da58a91348e0932c38/wuzixug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878387b118a---bemevelisabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdac074e81---xiloludezex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/15266961651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7b1pgc0atmh2cib140t1lb490/54019545147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/bewame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f824bf8f745745e45f857859547e9589/8321039941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ade97c9175a55c117156089e8f0a22aa/73274632739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c30bc659fd---vedulixunemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fd7cdc22f6ab4d7622663f176cd8b43/29556170210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiparga.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71d732c8845cbb50599058c382341f02/zeludabireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=bittorrent++application+pcPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d3b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3B7 4584 bytes
SHA-256: 3878ce5fec9b2cb10d74006798beedb921b749649252b69b37f03b7eaf1c569b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE346 10132 bytes
SHA-256: 225a8a6fb8936919ab5e6049a8081bd66aef8276cd1e4ec234bb0365020892fa
font_02_sfnt_off00010607.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10607 4324 bytes
SHA-256: ce7e2e230a41ba6fc2d7d2240890c8289d67876d84a3d076d67c0b48111c8230