Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3292e51056674463…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.2 KB Created: 2021-09-27 01:01:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3bc163e6bb5c2fad033e6462a10776ce SHA-1: a7ee33986019598b92e3ba5c1bd4eca134d3889b SHA-256: 3292e510566744634ac9d4a7ca47be1dba0149d382b6506a6a04b02722b2737d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including a small file size and a visual appearance suggesting a screenshot, designed to entice clicks on embedded links. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://peisheng.org/uploads/ckfiles/files/613cf038e69f4.pdf
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/bitozakipipanezinivi.pdf
    • http://mxm-hosting.nl/img/editor/file/86095832151.pdf
    • http://ranchobg.com/img/file/60418497868.pdf
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aed914856e8ea60b31c0e875077a11e/guwiwogibemupinovige.pdf
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7b886f58a---12188876403.pdf
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15tk438ojaevuq3kobn6as4ut7/lowirima.pdf
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bolajeridurogakitibijetol.pdf
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazizudijiza.pdf
    • https://everywheregenes.com/uploadfile/qu26_qu106_com/files/81774317383.pdf
    • https://renhedc.com/uploads/files/202109011210507001.pdf
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc6581313fd6e783e530497686a34ae3/bulegowe.pdf
    • http://harmonie-avion.fr/actualite/files/16826949641.pdf
    • http://opsir.eu/files/file/bebenipowixaxapibisila.pdf
    • http://medicare-darmstadt.de/bilder/UserImages/file/pesid.pdf
    • http://parejalecaros.com/adjunto/upload/fck/files/zemafabugaturug.pdf
    • https://gloriamus.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/xenaromufimamanevizi.pdf
    • http://allergyc.news-read.com/upload/files/fotefema.pdf
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/mewefasiv.pdf
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/19527468825.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161347366cb311---lilolopidigudironup.pdf
    • https://smartbrand.ro/mm/file/tinewoxaxiguzalefeduvofe.pdf
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/141205146376.pdf
    • http://doradcyprawni.com/images/pliki/83219444544.pdf
    • http://fivelscope.net/fckimages/63051492542.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=game+stream+android
    • 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_off0000afe6.bin
84782c8512a7c1d902106a69008cccdc781ef46cbbc5b98d84f8fc24f3f21f31
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFE6 14608 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d414.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD414 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec2b.bin
9e5f108e61ec5f13372640733c899ef891158d77c3ac2deb2643b04bbbb003d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC2B 10400 bytes