Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a7b8539e95a1b51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:02:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 425269679ca6744e65efc4246522497d SHA-1: a5ba8935106b2e0d6d1ca8692e9093cd30c32b43 SHA-256: 3a7b8539e95a1b5195542e0510a7a8452db203ff134f247b0c276a13cdab8f6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised websites, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=onedrive+android+no+network+connection PDF link annotation
    • https://nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupopowoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143cc8af4005---vareliwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embody.box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46972385286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378b238cd3a---rutifoponifijamore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pristineleather.com/userfiles/file/dezisemuvitebipamovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rancholasmonturaspremios.com/campannas/file/68337006016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psn-monolit.ru/img_file/files/darasupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betonkeritesek.eu/Content/files/zuzajobiburo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerieportelouise.be/userfiles/files/81694835809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovecollection.com/royal/admin/images/products/file/bunoweziposixapigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatceramics.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/venonorazagazobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakuragiramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/9131972709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saaegfpolis.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuwofufapilatewibopovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/57859503781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsa-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekenadelutido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ef70cc1b8---65739721626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muaah.ca/userfiles/files/43845264492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/79205494559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digiconelectronics.com/media/59771018722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/doxofelovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/meronidoduburesudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132934d70f38---kagujibojabowebipeliluges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/58897488750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/75893409579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sperrincaravans.com/images/file/16762673241.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_off0000f3f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C09 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 717cfca5cde11e0a4903ea5d54c95f96f5c976603a159801bb0d81644342f73c
font_02_sfnt_off000123d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D9 18508 bytes
SHA-256: e64790c02f4904921f0c5a5cc69ec4268395486f64dd92a1fc61c4f34582fe15