Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e4ae408c9844eb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 17:31:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 7a1ddf8ce2e6ddd4ef8b660bb0e92a15 SHA-1: 19799fa04a4e2fc96aa88d753a8408d1be8a02d3 SHA-256: 3e4ae408c9844eb57031315bdfe1be28c5c7bbcace417b78b4f77196927dd8f9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely serving as a distribution point for further malware or phishing content. The presence of external URI links suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://soflacops.com/clients/83266/File/fizizonij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/353ad595a9678dcf63bbdf994c46133d/vivusoxedumojulelikime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/47124800756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pagomuvosikuremisusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanphamhanquocymy.com/uploads/files/69107972369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gi8l0iqfiemaj00g22qgb15g0/jevofofadebejezamekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c1a19e2245d166ffe01e1b87e15f0cc/tezimuwovibowepinegeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifbscalidad.eus/files/galeria/files/8630120323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alariel.be/userfiles/file/21690261239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/74989946740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/sotabuvekomiwuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifetides.ca/cambridge/uploads/files/75764976769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9e7c4e402---69526901200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/69395753042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/fagenuluxilapepidoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e40a04694---74349245868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e8a6e4a19---54886691968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/euh1qk32ghr1ii0gb6ps592tl7/vuteru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822406e509c---14526182776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d44217dfd821b9c596446ccf7c70b6ec/30505795701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ni08sjp0529u2u3dt81j27egn/falotolozutemivipafekiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valifyrepapillon.com/clients/6/68/68e1c6a84db99a04c21676ff826d6e37/File/14163734861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/50454908948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/lidekimadalunixemopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c651ffecd69fd6a78bff22437ceefcf8/74579328314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=codehs+python+2.10.5+sidewalk+answersPDF 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_off0000fc09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC09 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 8b64fd9e0627e3ccf93ccb72645731d75d7348766d3efdea1aa39b433e899e4c
font_01_sfnt_off000116c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C1 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 59af84fbf24062439e5a3c34a60fa8b9675beb1fa9886dd3dd376f4e8de13ee2
font_02_sfnt_off00014535.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14535 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1