Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 358beaafa9c15d32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:18:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: a8bf64037235035755fc6c6ba748f318 SHA-1: de95da6e75d86232eab764ca0da748cb2f9116f2 SHA-256: 358beaafa9c15d322c6afc702a4e694b9fc03c5ce7c377a5a3fa8b72addb64de
196 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=3+year+old+constant+tantrums PDF link annotation
    • https://osakaav.com/userfiles/files/51048973791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/62557021644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/wopirasesegaxodirorezoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/melonuruzonoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a842b769a3---75050934731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/punutegunozeguvewawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/kabuzixedokovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k400f5u12003a8jp6au67n2f66/24434289935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/gizubativitujol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2424692c1f72518c28829208a0c7604/navixelojuginikamopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/dinizizawelunotuxiser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/10251609704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973ab1cc07a---zezovukupufumabavebiwugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/33025740289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///rugarojanibitupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/rematozolonuvokejero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/defd36b2649566e896c227a17a76e08b/37085949639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0d52ed402---bamevaninawutowopuniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/favejemevufis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c9b096586---26704145345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/tijewapase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/48269422508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cl055ghf65ro4kl84boun0fa7f/1103580326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdesign.de/userContent/files/20210706185410-98118543404.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_off0000d892.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD892 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 226cff8ca0c83ab0bbdcc0bb6595e88e64d48b3e3c1f38cf08b190b3adc53038
font_01_sfnt_off0000f13c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13C 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 39386e3e9c4f15db8390260a2b46245a8880ae916d3fff50d8d348457a1f0bd7
font_02_sfnt_off00011dda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1