Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3257657f256c38ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:52:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8bca8fca00c927623fb6358a59ed55fc SHA-1: 31be81a1ca76c8c2fd04d1c789edb024083bd801 SHA-256: 3257657f256c38ad99e6887d2497c7f9a0974f00f84cbf297a339412b0e40597
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to lure users into downloading further malware or engaging in phishing activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://harrisitalia.it/uploads/file/26240350163.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0a1342a48---18654547665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/ramolunereluvazokej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ab0f9cf43c---risinavizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608799303ad65---17292486471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c280d1bcb7427dd915819a20637305d/gofejobemepanuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f076a71910294066a381d9886414735/91998598214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/filuwixulubexomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec25fb949ad18e400ee4b0426bc6a60b/nojozinesozitesowuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d806f334543---mozijosaxika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/053ce3784f01345b5bc9193a8fe6d4da/43904718213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608749f8b7e58---newojepamiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongphuc.vn/userfiles/file/mebamafolofoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/nokov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b7697d366e6eb9b839bfa89744c505b/kimebobafozusiganag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/59152919283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jukuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef500eae88722f50ecb3366c95678ebe/govesilev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/rodijanetabarafimakuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/88184411886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2aaa8299d1---sojakinasofudadozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/tizumedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=employee+disciplinary+policy+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_off0000e0c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0C6 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 5a24d828333bb6492cd96957b29d167e2ae2c063ca3f19b3dafcaa0963ddf6ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000f985.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF985 17420 bytes
SHA-256: e397808eae2827dc615b03dc015d5ffc5b41ae622014de7ee4a3e58680f8fb61
font_02_sfnt_off00012664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12664 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1