Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cb7f73822f6b874…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:27:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f9eaa1d6afe7adf2eb00a76d42e42833 SHA-1: 47dc09036cd825224f85ea514b281ecca86bdcdb SHA-256: 3cb7f73822f6b874c18890852b1d5e7b8b3ac4f1117a90490bdf4836a093f630
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing or trojan payload. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://electrogalicia.com/electrogalicia/recursos/archivos/vijufasivedek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce8ede04fd---pipasejutusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b26793423c6d0c463ccc1f88698e3fc/94168586013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tckontrola.hr/files/jelenazikemafejik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4acc033721---16209762257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mhud3ci61pdtskude4ea60gci5/89977428725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marathon-gexin.com/Uploadfiles/files/genafirasopup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/rabolobajimusewowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustycctv.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10998633136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/dakinepefonad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610cdb38b3805---65307248090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ce078f34e142ad1d7734e15f3c1d11d/xufopakidewajixemejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/posuwumamotudovotefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transinfosoft.com/userfiles/file/12882280652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/55392132119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a4cf50453---wogovebuwivopijujav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c306302a736---jurosakodozugatikeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/927de8444137d2406dc343a51c551ca9/zalobogobufitig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swagath.co/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pasafosavezividan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/46980591919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonkmp.nl/img/cms/file/95878435900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f2fae6565---dikadela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=t%C3%A9l%C3%A9charger+pdf+reader+gratuit+pour+windows+xpPDF 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_off0000d0ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0BA 19880 bytes
SHA-256: d638220150cb6e7575e15eafe6d2a164cfe5f3c5550dd1667c20e2e00bce0900
font_01_sfnt_off00010217.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10217 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2E 11304 bytes
SHA-256: cc29f6d5cf28b98478b69fdac607a6c6a2d763184245705098eb43fce0508cb3