Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 326d0a9e6e7a943e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 11:11:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5895f9e043c412d74a118184eee13f77 SHA-1: 0638b6ac3e05d3c721d2603b9809e406337ef717 SHA-256: 326d0a9e6e7a943e74d07a398264223ba3c6e00c273e31e2d7bbd2e1973fae85
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 compromised CMS uploads. These links are likely used to redirect the user to malicious content, as indicated by the high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. The presence of link farms on disposable hosting further suggests a malicious intent to obscure the final destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b593ac142e1dd4b2064640c9032c059/30283983677.pdf
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160901cb3cbc5f---wabejoravepepuxexonukizuz.pdf
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpvfqke4k2cfcnahfsut9er473/wonaravomutuxefubo.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f619eacd4---84127422860.pdf
    • http://hanasushimenifee.com/uploads/files/33262834430.pdf
    • http://danburyhighclassof1961.com/clients/b/b4/b42d7d7907ff1a67dd6fd366dd3c6775/File/zafobokaborevupe.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3g1fat1447enl6mm8h5pjkscr/jituxexo.pdf
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0098996fe08aeb7e31fe6a3c0cf07835/56126029827.pdf
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776958b446e---19633829426.pdf
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/549da6abfba04ef43f0fb0437f2d067c/penokam.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnhdootnve6v52anrosrq533g1/29153216928.pdf
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05318d5bbfdc65f321b694d493ad7162/zoten.pdf
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fc6a2e1c0---30730083324.pdf
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3825ad57e9---33636973680.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fg0vmmhjd9bke57n7t6mkd6r5/42026272706.pdf
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/lusunoxi.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f232cbb8b---jojuk.pdf
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/nagaferixagojirugadiwuma.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fi04042vld6oi09g4gsgasl2j1/62505082505.pdf
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/43854214585.pdf
    • http://print-printonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagukuv.pdf
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hi351frtkt8j50h2adhgptr3j7/dudefukegezoxer.pdf
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccc0eaa8a5---2765047760.pdf
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b16257e6b---kadikur.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=throw+off+balance+meaning
    • 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_off0000c16e.bin
de7c1942d5e3e6ecbcad6896394255c97497c5766cf8832e59f7bf433bb0b455
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC16E 10704 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9d6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1e8.bin
f9a193bd4af5980536055a5cf57c0e9e83f34f1f5500050c2aba7a57c4918fdd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E8 17444 bytes