Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c703859603d1f35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-08-21 13:35:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 21d19c483e8a6cf44eefb2d54565db19 SHA-1: f1902a591c845158f40215bd71bb9d868782141d SHA-256: 3c703859603d1f35d3e4190c24621245d8764bb1e84a3b930477849746bc32d2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to compromised WordPress upload storage and a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to download further malicious content via a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/vulepotamabalakutet.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://digitalqwerty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavipufevix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/jasidazefezevusunofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/jesifinavorenulubafaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789e44d20aa---wuzujam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/worabenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/87681882408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmumncdp0amokidt643gmh7hp7/sopodoxifirezisujiloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maribon.net/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/4094442522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i3mit.com/shopadmin/upload/files/kenoroxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nepodoshlo.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekexiworusodexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mexico-airport-transfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapuvelokuxalojekeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45978d04586a60057a32b7fa13e9685b/zarojemigudenibizomoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingstop.com/uploads/files/gifixaxufopusejojubutufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a23f4a412a5---roduwemeborawemilejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rlponder.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/55312449226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof68.com/clients/73441/File/poridiriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b60c4b847d---filosedesefomepul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/51759558147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf9e386506---7637428161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ed29c5295---nigivikapido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.net/ckfinder/images_store/files/45160483926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eb9fd983a---zerej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobe-ing.it/userfiles/files/51439527018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+ten+logical+fallacies+discussed+in+this+chapterPDF 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_off00010d20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D20 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12532 16896 bytes
SHA-256: 071b519e408fc385fd1c3e6b8ae9b50effb8ab8f500ad23224fd2068e4a70a82
font_02_sfnt_off000150c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150C9 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 1ec8ebfc849b9ee42e51f613d14e17929298d6ed678d5d32e02ef2d55dfe43f0