Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 390d2e0fee057e6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-22 19:48:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cd15186acd0db3207e8031f6477a3e29 SHA-1: 22e9520c082e852dbc9023434b2d0f260a93f5ac SHA-256: 390d2e0fee057e6b77f418f64ccbaf4fc09e8aa0dbffead1906123ab3c25a38d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate that the PDF is likely intended to redirect users to malicious content or facilitate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021091019324934.pdf
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/49355020152.pdf
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/pewipelonoraveb.pdf
    • https://ganganagardentist.com/userfiles/file/narebikepoxinuwutufuxip.pdf
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/28036835951.pdf
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvppf4dbc9hb5os4sdb7283ls3/67773305027.pdf
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///ropipoju.pdf
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/90298632825.pdf
    • https://afritransport.com/app/webroot/files/file/24973219417.pdf
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/xazuvowasasutapozu.pdf
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojoxizi.pdf
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138aaad6a4bb---duwosumamorajegibadis.pdf
    • https://argekaucuk.com/nbg/upload/files/69948094040.pdf
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/nujezulawelaworezakuloj.pdf
    • http://www.mariabeckmann.com/fotos/uploads/files/porererajop.pdf
    • http://atletika-pardubice.cz/files/file/talegijenalobamejotabuso.pdf
    • http://tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fixasakupopexatosikif.pdf
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiwisokopopebime.pdf
    • http://aj-freight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5524194379.pdf
    • https://bagstyle.uz/images/file/fokebarizogazonumadela.pdf
    • https://inprovit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68710382571.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ebf58e5970---zepofadixujofofatokisavor.pdf
    • http://commandhousecreations.com/uploads/files/23100081773.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+go+spoof+location+2020
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bdcf.bin
291a6ee53fc1a53e6642842dd22de124c528f45b862f786f86f8fedd28d4c371
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDCF 17288 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9db.bin
e09029b1d62251fbad0f60e33b4a57b35521f8494b9e98e326b36f368f2005fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DB 11056 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000103b6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B6 16792 bytes