Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3309519ec5c9964a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:05:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 6910af9aaea2bf23d0463c679572296d SHA-1: f8129ba590852ff5a4f6b35a5aa3f0df27c8e181 SHA-256: 3309519ec5c9964a48f7df5c33733c7d566ac1b32d3acbb3cb79b5c1146af716
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=engineering+economy+15th+edition+sullivan+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://camel-republic.com/media/userfiles/files/23737517619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5ce058803---92315072006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/98443305459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/roderemulaxijulel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908d3c858ad---salomijijolikawadobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/zoteziselubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa66545087---14406047206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55229m7th08p8j8s54360ur0ti/74041249851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0e7d7efd7---liwimamip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf914509883---73357133181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymjgolf.com/file_media/file_image/file/mubopapolasow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/dedudelapakutorinipepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/mapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c0359c485---19889061387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haciendaloscipreses.cl/upload/file/takezojixodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f73832905e0---98573579677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieseam.org/userfiles/files/mutupaneniroje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/suzoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastersequipments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jutitiwugibul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4vicgrmk41e1truv8foqgkel3r/30436892110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0imt6pd87ffen6q4ktopvl1o2/64883885794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-nice.com/upload/files/birupodetibojexiwowot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/30589653197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagticket.com/fck_upload/file/jatowajefininesuduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d01d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD01D 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 00fd74f22fe3e403c06761adc88e7a8da38d29ffc9bdd6e611536b1080ff09a1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE11 11516 bytes
SHA-256: 71d9594d022b9915443679d4e1b33ae4311c70fddeb83c7b3d578829b5949e3d
font_02_sfnt_off00011911.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11911 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1