Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b83bd7d76e1b91a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:47:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0207fb97b7040e83fdb68a1abe89fe43 SHA-1: e4924fe05c845adf796ad7184bf9a8062594ceff SHA-256: 3b83bd7d76e1b91a873f680e494249c4d00929c437ea7cc0ab793584205bf918
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. These links are likely intended to redirect the user to malicious content, such as phishing pages or further malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/7943241813.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://folklorebridge.eu/uploads/pictures/files/vuwikobegoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadorugavodemukokinazijur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee9f062840aa49c819f71b09f5d4f285/motudogisego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/pinefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/74759988564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/166fdc996ec474507dea972a05092a55/webalevelametosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcsfua5llm4c42b90s5g512q5l/damimetopasujolilaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f3a8b675f---81200474878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangerun.re/photo/files/33069774484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83c4ba31e3e19ac81b9b303a30b7f818/lumapatumodupunodavudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/tujejomexopewilarugemoxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210722_236479443F67B880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0985028898.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96377778726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sankofalectureseries.com/clients/a/ae/ae3037074ff26ae8502dacd236f4ced8/File/94704658149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607592aeefb9d---femiterabibixukogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3902c64bc---40528385644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/garaluvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypperfect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wexeviparedexidizenamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/96504822636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/ripuzabigeteroxegusugavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/radorudezagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/74483629427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/95645470719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=idioms+about+passionPDF 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_off0000ec99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC99 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 556da621e557233762a3a3d51fd2d1efb815c801a58e00ed882725f4e5fdd858
font_01_sfnt_off00010418.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10418 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2A 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 63a0dfb86d2e21db237fd6f451354e35674c416331146794f2e3687172d4428a