Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f06cbf32a8e9533…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-08-27 20:04:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 26e2791191db3c902654abf39a3f9a56 SHA-1: b46fe053f934a6a59aa892098184dd0824388a56 SHA-256: 3f06cbf32a8e9533dcceceaa0087dfeb62b7a6ac902292f365a4797fd9e48ee5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier 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 points to a campaign distributing further malicious PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=online+video+to+mp3+converter+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://3xlove.com/uploadfile/file/kigunininewuzolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a07128857---19963030441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolionsfarm.it/userfiles/files/jarovanoramigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/88403339240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massageindex.nl/images/uploads/xiwavimijemewomiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071539f43ee5---nasazada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/leletapurupida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0jv1ekhk77ie7kled52gndea20/sogovafakajimiladibolakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f41972c83---31066138647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/buwubegikekuvifimoraxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaynhanh365.net/contents/files/fomotavazokonozakegela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/fivimefemosogenuton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/16539587349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2de7e83ba99e00a7111219666069b107/29377730927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/29946094670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84081713517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbwmd.com/uploads/Files/sijemazaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46f93f839de8d982ef4765b1679aa0fd/vufawapodudukebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyadvisersaustralia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca07018e55298be9217b040344e5badd/muwuxepakelelidovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ca06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e21d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE21D 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 21e2677e0f658d5451d213080bff7a11f9b25bca0bf59ec360a7f1269d6e607c
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB86 16716 bytes
SHA-256: 56caeee2ce2717d0d3fc3897be1eca4c8872fff0a604d0aa9cf1e9eb2b9af419