Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b65d94b4dc94281…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:21:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 13f9321edc6365bdbdfe6ed00d9e6bae SHA-1: f11e6d88e4fa1339f1063efecaeb24972fac17e3 SHA-256: 3b65d94b4dc94281b038f1fa36229af19c9519d9ff32b4c8db1f950d3d23ac3b
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of numerous PDF_URI and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM firings supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://btegypt.com/file/44884537289.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f47b514245---wimuwakazoralonuji.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://prestizhstroycompany.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/91997453441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cncforginghammer.com/d/files/zatugukok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/48571351755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///ramuzuzuvusiwuxedenadoruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e429466a12320977b4d2b59bac3ae763/losomela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/Files/files/51436798275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/towuwoxixanadufosin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpengineers.info/admin/userfiles/file/40554791329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a7d527aba---gejataxigiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivieresoceanie.com/userfiles/file/faxipebaxefoxaxejowad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orthovision-lublin.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65171323893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/sulenirilitewogufepew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7fdcbd9045---kevobeximonakigok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88281254414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082214296b6d---ralapovowuxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/10902208132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/pepilofiberuxozerebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malverne69.com/clients/a/a7/a743c233813d1a1dbf5c38c484d85cdc/File/60363157456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tornado69.com/clients/40643/File/gekopawojopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/84372430293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.campacinter.com/image/upload/File/worisinorefifudubosazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/20015044090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=job+question+answersPDF 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_off0000d2cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eae6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE6 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 328bfbc69d97b49578fdbb2f14554a2f0a4740727893330bb3238b8ea5f73552
font_02_sfnt_off0001030e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1030E 17148 bytes
SHA-256: 0cfcdd6e9632892b99a4ee75cda97bcc15fff6c95dc16a7ac10313674141ae69