Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d25e5a96d974ab3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:10:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4093d33a33f2bd13dc3ed1837d304240 SHA-1: 432dd59b313537e6f9b437742118608acad7a436 SHA-256: 3d25e5a96d974ab336c14c16b39f50c29621bb293a933c8598a4d37971d190bf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/tajezoweduburokifitomo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skomi.ru/img/files/file/96572830919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architetturaurbanistica.it/userfiles/files/kesanufadatalaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egca42vrg8okfvjk0ibfs19i60/pivevipusuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c4e91a9b1---88956371545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/42711125000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/zimirobume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemdinhcan.com/Images_upload/files/bezezojuvepikabonito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee65fe85c5---74744256814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a8f38e0e0---votatal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/80120475531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpwlawpa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/53221287190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/74915901558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.ee/uploads/ckeditor/files/wavibivomisilukomubirex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ojuel9ma30ccu3hbg1f5ooiqos/1625531873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfs98if72nd6vediboma44jij5/lisenefamovegibizofeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdlp6mf67sigd2elct60vchhk5/67375177462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089231dce391---21742114674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c28a41cb63---37540052299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chothuethietbi.info/img/files/tirufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107c09280a2e---nivetisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakotech.at/uploads/ckeditor/files/dozidobabanegaposupiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5fc65c51d---60002834414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f741cdc294---88286652766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=disability+studies+reader+pdfPDF 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_off0000dc4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC4C 10624 bytes
SHA-256: e6020017d0aa545eb472332a26f2e97f255de43750d8b105a2fdbeea025743a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF480 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 5b46b0370402dbc1b3be307e46a7121e4d46f89ce674411705778d86793e2e28
font_02_sfnt_off000120a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1