Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ca36588540d5af1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.9 KB Created: 2021-08-05 06:45:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7e31d175720e9de0dbff6cc5c9a5c39d SHA-1: e519662f1be5110689edb95168333cf2703f58df SHA-256: 3ca36588540d5af18d82bb6972492c8ee11f40cc79d03821f60bf559a0d7c548
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links pointing to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive link farm suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://haenuri.net/ckupload/files/dujoxujazepeke.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080662f83b0b---69511323367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed637b71d3c---zubevuwasekesijudogela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b0612eb18---81406966366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/sogotadezaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609832db61488---winutodeladozitemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210716143049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashole.hu/UserFiles/File/44918551095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606faafd11326---xezisatononedipolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/basavazakekamasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/45624947700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acf2b1ec88efa470dcca9504faaa9981/bubedodizagedexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spl-designs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goderajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095da1cbc0b2---dabufobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/60234727409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d94d7dce90---58184572099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/45744789342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/14149699462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ebfa254a10a880cdb8ddd9d1de935a/pabugadojinavaxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ueucpl2uur8q9vu3o8p1j0n0r6/34127493665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7563c29449ae23ec92581029106e707e/68816029815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce5166db497663f4fc2da2d31804c1c4/rosupiwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=tangled+pdf+scriptPDF 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_off00016764.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16764 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00017f76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17F76 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 4b5067c23f5d385967cad7f9d5e59a99c574c112ce4aff41f260e61e5666f322
font_02_sfnt_off0001afe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AFE3 10640 bytes
SHA-256: a24b7f91dae650d1207d25d0f2ffbbfbcb16dc94c50b9aa5fa6c97d68bf055b0