Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ca41d6d5a18605e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:59:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5ef786276ff3d623d0082b8d85250c4f SHA-1: 97482277a598421ca1fc20c092bcfeeeb3f600af SHA-256: 3ca41d6d5a18605e5b389c5ff6425fe2d443072ae827adfbf032998f7c7a08c4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or spam distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of attempts to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/42057281497.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/43545479453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/piwopadajisiwupapiwixira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18767848174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8649504649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/68005792842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dbce0d4db39c8a007c85dd88a54ab01/69182469857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/21948464800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckm-machinery.com/userfiles/files/16187478840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismet.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pezewokiriribeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123c7f9688b3---84498696446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents//files/92214460496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160901063d2770---57725299886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaptoys.org/ckeditor/uploads/files/84804728757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingcarpetclementines.com/userfiles/files/5817963331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7389be74e6f8d29f1c33772e41cccd81/vasopigibabajixipimebesuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60vhomsk8t1chk9qgc5m9qrq11/68390279580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eravukappalpalli.com/userfiles/file/fipapem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewivewaviputuzuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolataggiasca.eu/userfiles/files/26756026311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb2caf99f07---67650651999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loregawunufixupimizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/42402487038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biblioteka-belzec.pl/upload/files/bemisotabemexutesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6php2tgsbnt9rbbp79f5mgbct/75719608546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jue6203n9n5jfqir9i3h0lr9n2/rurikik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=fms+web+guide+manualPDF 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_off0000e5e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5E8 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 9b2c71f7c4a954fc8a9916cd99848bc63be3a0b689be04b172453581d11c8b92
font_01_sfnt_off0001154a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1154A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D61 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 0b4ab1ffc581c42ed01b7ed54028a15095cfcfffddcee7d86c016c1ef9bb2cae