Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 357b4a6a6320baea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:07:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 173c4e745f7833dd6532da431c99acf9 SHA-1: e5edc4eae3291b48ddb05aa42ddebae7f64edd8d SHA-256: 357b4a6a6320baea609996f827332b94640e64213bdc89fdbd72e6d2a1225ee8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate effort to obscure the final malicious 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 http://xecuoihuyhoang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nuwofoxogukepuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c01f0c4319---49699761646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b5fee6b79b---70813356157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transgusto.ch/userfiles/file/vodunuxaxirolif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b50b7eab18---logaxajabepigirixirer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jcaj4pkmuqnspe9ifg0d32ujd5/keginiwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://needychild.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonawagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddu-hk.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/monilorewiforawofoketobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuemeism.com/uploadfiles/files/rujajapelezewisak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terrietanaka.com/library/files/luwajup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/romusexifixatogekodewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euromarkcreations.com/new/fck_img/file/guvakuvolelanumil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130595618d19---45681197025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/suriwotezibixituzojedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpe-el.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67080264477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quinta.cl/upload/files/52604058810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/89308758722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/74733960726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613235c930b35---63129423499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rj8qjqoibu525hkkh3551enagf/86023000707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/31802075137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunridgecorp.com/uploads/files/202109082051308344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/somuzerixaroxagazikedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.tuesdaytrader.com/ci/userfiles/files/nubukamerepazup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=auto+free+instagram+viewsPDF 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_off0000c9d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9D1 10744 bytes
SHA-256: a76eafd002e3f3819fead9d7a8d249a35f71b70f105b0ffd2e0f9fdddf234bd4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A1 17772 bytes
SHA-256: 85cbce96017685091e4bb6b18111dce68149ea8470a4edda5a440e8fa241fa76
font_02_sfnt_off0001113a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1113A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1