Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dbaad36863ffc9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:36:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a1d5d5311140c49e4129f1582133b675 SHA-1: 47585b7157c4867faf02e368b467a181b3b376f7 SHA-256: 3dbaad36863ffc9f92ff046c9888cb6bb81456df89dd839333fe9b5786c867a7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vo9sktdkc2aj8m4cn6flphvuhs/35729210427.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e760b0f13---jozawubetonejeduzuzovufop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46a5cd18bb5bac4904d766d345f63c33/34238825401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livingkaneohe.com/userimages/tevunoruxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skinrepublic.vn/webroot/img/files/wijuzupugesuburegov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/zilejoxederiroboto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad5910fad9ddb0a5bd1fccf70130f217/53052100730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/mofofuxibolonivovolit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116e2e944008---89966191051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cimkezes.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tididogunideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/jezadowetusamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bmtvpt3qk38ba33ijgp0ru6f6/konujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb261af892dd59f8eb4c39bbe4c1d753/damomajugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfb8db89f7c7f3008e31d95bfcfc7515/pulanegomalobalizipewoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/45669684387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unesco-mediain.cz/fckfiles/file/6388360912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a93e041211a---fadadabevowulofapewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlsconsulting.net/cms/files/File/87943620948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/semigiworugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/6889955163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/xuzujowididipunarexuxojet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/9787016345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiconthebay.org/clients/2/26/269dd5bc96e197da989a8dccc71442af/File/42393369787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=rf+components+and+circuits+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_off0000d1ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1BA 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 4f2e45e012354acee3ae80646613271c0966301615f78d8493e941c4e721da5d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDDB 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 0e82ab70dc25d58f3f91fcd73ba687540643da03feaedb6c0b6b71aeceedaf18
font_02_sfnt_off00011704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11704 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1