Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d62f94fcef08d23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:53:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: efa1cba588e831b184c2562e3854bc82 SHA-1: 466a8c359d03d3b0f675930e693ee4f988f407d8 SHA-256: 3d62f94fcef08d23e1a0b87fb77f923e508fabfa5483e48d2d1585f98b82bdef
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, with one heuristic specifically identifying a link to an algorithmically-generated URL. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially compromised or malicious domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/pazuvudufipolisuvokogil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yorkiematch.com/clients/6/65/653dc45b8f6063886304ac4260dbb99c/File/bajijefivumexexezob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3ace188736915784811bc63219f9a0a/19352101285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/52146811659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roleco.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/dudunemojosesesimaxawoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/99095391675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpc1970reunion.com/clients/3/3e/3eb4c5728feca7eb79feed4eed44c519/File/tijupobatal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qup5cd2804q8ptje80ntdeone/lonaxabepaserelobazikilig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ogmv5amg65vp17h0g5rgn7ans/muvuwajoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/39985539107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/64107842633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/sajobosuxeruxatuzako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/75407252994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d97n9269v6ccu3c779kd70lts/50640477007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa44a14e8c7---10854757323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuatoyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/62683213947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c536ef0c3cb---simawitudavoxafomesamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drprdesaihospital.com/uploads/jolefitipude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/91069561999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biafrapol.pl/pliki/file/89921532770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/26903648727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/vugixofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f2e285e9f6---tekowesuxozekoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynhuagiasi.com/Images_upload/files/58911109736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb802891ea6---vibefefafuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/44150459837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=mims+medical+microbiology+5th+edition+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000d760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD760 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 5a25c2ab631ab12173f8afa78dd4b1914b0e1411e54093754a36c5bc38eed505
font_01_sfnt_off000104dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104DC 11448 bytes
SHA-256: 5043a7bde14d0e1be9216f95380eb0f0110337cd4acbbe51f5c9fd96ca1a6802
font_02_sfnt_off00011f59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1