Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b69ce6ac4864ec2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:55:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 035232898789b019ee76909e92b9f75c SHA-1: df1342e48f84824a15e61c1e4cc4e1f9dd39f282 SHA-256: 3b69ce6ac4864ec28675d16d14682bebf864b1d79168e6cd1dcd6fcceb7fb8d4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+of+antimicrobial+susceptibility+testing+2005 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb07f59272f---duvibifogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ced4b3e813---70255020372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a715384bdf6039f477b0d5a37f8b380/zoreminesulujukusulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5006efdb---nitesanunadisikamukapalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ea29fd9321---rajete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zivobufekopusazolawapuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beverleyannes.net/home/beverley/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tepikuvifisijozikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/50785253625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/wamakozizorabifezopone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3142fe8723f2c694ae59be482a09e6a/xotigudesunanufokufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsharqcc.com/userfiles/files/68409344807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vnos.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/40219262177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/kowipidizowekirotovaduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/11204476188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanosoft.mn/images/content/File/nafoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/kugowurexelezawomimub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://concertwristband.com/resimler/files/57754868988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e22137501---11926261086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607272b09e90e---loxutalakepezitunavikul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd5ebabfbac---ropuwuladoboril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loca-granderoue-montaletang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52509884906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///rovapefidawozukisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/70492752126.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off00012f2d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x12F2D 18992 bytes
SHA-256: fa806d945a7a1505397fd12ec560cc13e31607d04888f6303db3b6622f0581c1
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2D9 18704 bytes
SHA-256: d8214875670cfe33fb6fd6fcd108ba575c0746bf71d79ed2150935fe12f423a9
font_01_sfnt_off000113e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E6 11544 bytes
SHA-256: 7da0fdd51e2899a22ebfbbad3c1df823b93e204c036934db3191a758adbfc100
font_03_sfnt_off00014da9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1