Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dbbbc5db2bf74b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 00:02:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f3a52a9912f351ee34bf3ec5a12eba0d SHA-1: 6cb205d72274250d2469dcf8a674b985eccd927b SHA-256: 3dbbbc5db2bf74b28ff5596e854c4b16c4769ebf4135a4c7c3d0e0dec7fe5c23
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan variant. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. One heuristic specifically identifies a brand-impersonation lure for Outlook, suggesting a credential phishing attempt. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous external links and the phishing lure strongly indicate an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=which+is+an+example+of+a+case+study+quizlet.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/34573096360.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cogersquest.com/clients/f/f6/f6194b381802d71b6842d6160e8859b1/File/mesegebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/68225227801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/sorefivapipiwejibajafew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skomi.ru/img/files/file/96652440984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fence-alarm.com/userfiles/files/busuberazurezavirezutinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021062317212980554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totepawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55bb986fd2---16310483963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tyextractor.com/d/files/79613693630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a3e73e495be5845e4f6dab49c9d4e18/68457455435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/7519893388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/875cfdda92de790910e302b362d6b536/sarumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silga.ca/userfiles/file/dulaxoliwesutanusewelibez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22776eea2f---55595508193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ecd351acf0c3231a4fea85e799070dd/43666968391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3olb2qfkqoegehsvn10mrlelh5/45784581166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayihoki99.com/contents//files/belawefenomaposugubunifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/takizinexukemowepesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50968742650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/76824871431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqorss8j4em169epnct90rnto5/ketuwovezivazepemeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7b9411e5e---vosimefasexajose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=which+is+an+example+of+a+case+study+quizletPDF 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_off0000f389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF389 11300 bytes
SHA-256: 5eed3b770d37a47bc8168271cbf22e19d13f43f4765d42bed750780a0cfc10a2
font_01_sfnt_off00010dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC4 18060 bytes
SHA-256: a2531b4496b008b810f40998ba51c7dc95d01099e5d55f8ede2f245803f599a1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1