Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e6f94281cc61078…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-10-01 16:31:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 34cfb633a19d38b52c176a4997fd4f75 SHA-1: 36cd3908a0f08aca1ce2464f5b2af7e91efe246f SHA-256: 3e6f94281cc61078a5396f362df43900a55b08ec44fe2b8fc1d559eb5cb4a2d7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/90762446950.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://caror.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zelapapolugojotixudamizet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prospr.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bepaguxidiwelosevaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613524832332f---52430092644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79fc4369a09c38540c16302b54cefccd/moligigadozodadakiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155eb1940f65---kafuxejebekiset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondamarinarest.com/upload/files/kekokavoworozevopavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lsv-wittlage.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20741896462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96198611588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/9417471092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aventuraholidays.elladatravel.ro/mm/file/65782995753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnjl.com/userfiles/files/58415771847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ku0l434gp5m1br7au8h8o8526b/nifejoxulotetelobok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bnblspecialities.com/userfiles/files/57473103256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michael-dhom.com/webseiten/file/93559407126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31608003027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunriseacademy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71100603141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daegyung.kr/userfiles/file/20210909010636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614447d46bde6---91926302566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/jolabizababilopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/59058228302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsacare.com/admin/uploads/file/6287103644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8895537765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxbeimei.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109260453408152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gonaxamilujevoduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=apk+file+manager+windowsPDF 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_off0000c1cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1CF 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 822246833bc3dca9d7ef6db279bf43144b03232e0318f77c57a2896dc9c43fb8
font_01_sfnt_off0000dad9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAD9 19416 bytes
SHA-256: 1f718837f488c8b203cee39a183aae5dcde71011cd57e9a626fe146c0627ae31
font_02_sfnt_off00010d6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1