Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3403cc8a93bba0a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:08:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 67709606e31032366679e1025681f2fa SHA-1: 52ce1357f0699cd07ac5e1f6259af3ab8505f9c9 SHA-256: 3403cc8a93bba0a75f62e30687f3d70c61347f8ddfe67baf53e294282083bc53
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. This behavior is indicative of a phishing campaign or a malicious redirection scheme designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/10362299619.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://paron-rebondir.com/uploads/files/kidimutavaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5n3ttgklci9jfmc3ljvjulfs9/xakixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theptaynam.vn/upload/files/69701955383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e4ab9df09---vanikilativimipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/jodezadadosemiwageguvuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff33379a872---27122917403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rr7n8dn4i7r1v6kni5icnjslu1/8122934126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/89607978554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/69774522845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/lelirozulofopivuletel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb8aa1b26cc6806b9d607508db1f3ceb/rimululopoxofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/jakakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topconta.ro/userfiles/file/60940727150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/86710622334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8c9b4bef9314ca29bb4cb452bdaa82f/mofepavuzexemusaxezajepos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e534d1addc53eef4d4105b2b6cd8ab3/diwatanuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/61471111621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.ru/d/files/86129418455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmb47pkpaha64vpl1m4r8rhms1/panujujivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/rawulobakuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f60c28cec52a9ae3b78e5925d3d63b01/rebiwobileduwofijagotiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/13993333427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=holland+america+oosterdam+deck+plan+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_off0000d74d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD74D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF64 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 1f7751b1f089db88769f6ba080556500d36829cec9fcc7155a5f1a33fc9a6548
font_02_sfnt_off0001085f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085F 16948 bytes
SHA-256: f5dba9802b1186091d150a0e9dc27398692a272dc79d5e02da31d8fff2d4f332