Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a1cc91f9e276b58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

182.3 KB Created: 2021-08-14 08:57:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3bb055aabfbc8ff5e61611595d208973 SHA-1: 7a949bb7d291bc8a138d5d7a4dced0ec3caa4c92 SHA-256: 3a1cc91f9e276b58af436fe67a61152a5851274a2f84dd46341d808bfcd2ca10
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The high-risk heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0' indicate a strong likelihood of malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to download further malicious content from these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physical+science+grade+12+mind+the+gap+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/lamakepinatizidetog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amghanoi.com/images/ckeditor/files/nolinifiruralog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmrivestimenti.com/userfiles/files/narakonoxorobupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a60a1a8f0f---34838819166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2727e7204b86b61a48c49dd8687c07b6/30809664889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c26cc5975c1---46552069244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825392e3eea---kaxaneguwisub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerdynamic.com/clients/3/3d/3d9dba0a3645e5854abf1db7654b9c86/File/xafim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meccanicagambirasio.it/file/govafuvakubuluvinojip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3db7ifed6mqvkmm7fipujqve4/lesivokutonerejozapadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairbank-ia.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55805096324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/9430532774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/71611503241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haciogullari.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/33256548445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39336721707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/xunosevagafafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/3477564082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf31fb177de---80031557363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cad81387fe3f2321b8d203fc48580b13/goteloturedatedosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o26gkmh46gri07gq7hhim20hor/64244067474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/1491853722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/lesoxuseliwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ac64698b3---67838715011.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_off00025df8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25DF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0002760a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2760A 22436 bytes
SHA-256: 24ff8d337c51b7a7a0b2b5dcdbf8f25cc8faca0192e39aee3325138d2df03325
font_02_sfnt_off0002ad37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2AD37 11440 bytes
SHA-256: 9f1c042fef801ae42647afe850ad2a9c3de0488eb472fe0802fe58524b7c39f4