Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 352a8e0fbfa7b2b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-03 09:53:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: f31985fcccb9c845a742141d39782726 SHA-1: ca15bc186639c5bc5c5d772c146196065ee13f0e SHA-256: 352a8e0fbfa7b2b31a48703e07f8ca0bc33bfe3b253237d025727895c262c849
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, as indicated by multiple heuristics flagging it as a link farm pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of numerous external URIs, including one specifically identified as a random URL link, suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest a malicious intent to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/96617583167.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/jomuveditixiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/data/editor/file/68935095769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32362483ce94bafacc3dc962481e0a0e/jagamufogonosomufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/fejakuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.afoa.org.ar/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dopalaxixarez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/tumefopozaduvogetorazumif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75799539072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stvvcjfch2ndj48g4an7aqqad3/zeriwokegalujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/zawomefipisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ilvemh7o1d06p2ufftd9ke06s1/89277778556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qekkvjt4ru6bmjgkopn1cs28jo/numopupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tresonance.org/uploadfiles/busidamopiwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvhs1964.com/clients/2/20/2030ff4f331b14c2016b95997514b7ac/File/32019255807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phoiinnhiet.com/images/uploads/files/zutivezamepabipekome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/36559581992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/6182624712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenutaedone.com/filesUploads/file/vabajikevitamelirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8519cb671b89db519d97634c2429a464/bebujowirevanekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2h6uf47u8c1li3euel2qdel2nt/58149221942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41ea360c31fade159d0e917655c9b9c3/tobovisisawixiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moreit.ch/productinfo/file/77052379022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/lifezev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e38efcac6f3e6bfda217208cf356b447/fimezidixozekigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+long+for+priority+mail+expressPDF 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_off0000f183.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF183 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 2e81ad5fe395986efeee97a28b0ccdef256b11a5ce7a5e30abdb69f194323e37
font_01_sfnt_off00010b1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12331 16816 bytes
SHA-256: 696eafa6b240f1a2604c3c76b487238900e3901154b946ac0e7db2ad8778792a