Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c59209c51aa1ef8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:17:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: cb3afd388f1949cc5070cd9dc78055b6 SHA-1: 53e5045c0a21cbb3ddb060de620c904241c29e31 SHA-256: 3c59209c51aa1ef87bf53191b93293c2e582e1770e73a9a93304175260f86c9d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+it+chapter+two+online PDF link annotation
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337c53d38cb---jinezagapunato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwemagowisulewamaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94227663433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scmsgroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65588180169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olech-rzeszow.pl/userfiles/file/migot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movitecnic.com/ressource/site-image/files/dujoridiwutibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.pl/galeria/file/61491210059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613544fca239c---74356185742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/48108735356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be76ae8ff2d57ffdc7819567d3c9b971/nunaxeloxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/74987817980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pscworld.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevotazene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613acec02ca29---velasopajebalexiwozukeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasavar.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/losaturaguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136dd4deed2e---tomekudafakizukaner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/doxavopunafona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/nefileput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6923751a53b2be2cdd3824a32a69c47a/83335829602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2n0ldu3kqthag6bfmemijvu704/duwiviwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishboat.hr/files/rezikotepoxepesafuripuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614107d7e1a3e---23306681569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed4a89da8d---479601719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/tuwodotixuvojilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekainternetowa.net/_mdm_apteki/file/50080245777.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_off0000dcbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCBD 18280 bytes
SHA-256: f6b689a68cbfc16faadf0b2e4b9b22a396811bd65e05efa3208b4025a52c331c
font_01_sfnt_off00010bcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BCD 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 211d343c52cc89996117c607c5e697a6c2903b695b07ce89d5c2d9e5efd6a436
font_02_sfnt_off00012346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12346 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1