Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3885bc54ac6bf74a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 19:54:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0d1fc406dc179f0480274017ce04b143 SHA-1: 1b4b6a4725ec1260042870ab6756114c93254fe1 SHA-256: 3885bc54ac6bf74ad502b6df066209b17da45b427382a6f9a65ee8670dd3ef8f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://healthtecindia.com/userfiles/file/subebivipedok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/10964948281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plagij.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/winodejevutofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84p8666ihfqoet0i9dg0emb020/galoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/5345829988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420444c1893---93905639515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/ligitepapulisovisazetuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lollanaclinic.com/image/upload/File/puvetepijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firmabudowlanawalczak.pl/web/uploads/files/31019311682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138addf4b3e3---72818720790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerekesvillszer.hu/UserFiles/file/mozurulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aasghsflqsae.handylover.com/upload/files/35636997921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.whoamiandwhyamihere.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filodatogapabukobikazajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///76769970775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-kamera-rendszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxupoxazur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/29090168899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/zajidagovinerilisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99022541838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebiz.kr/userData/board/file/31459418080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/99091469481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19e9d3d36a47a164c47aad77857b0ec4/21654598919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents/files/64749264829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+best+android+games+2020PDF 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_off0000df77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF77 17640 bytes
SHA-256: bc136224a46454db952a316ad00eb24b968b3d304d26e180f17604ca00bf7d96
font_01_sfnt_off00010d58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001256f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1256F 10996 bytes
SHA-256: c43e29111dbbeb1a5bea3213fd049ce2177bb2d87e9b13ceddd5bd1b7a1c3c21

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