Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f958d4836fcf77a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-10-04 05:03:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 30f96a721d40bdc654e8af3575d3e2b9 SHA-1: bd0ba19a3d172534740599d9cc40def0442d036b SHA-256: 3f958d4836fcf77acdb5fe017c445639ebaf145fa84ad2c421136e0c841a4094
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The malformed stream length heuristic also indicates potential exploit activity within the PDF structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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.
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solved+problems+in+lagrangian+mechanics+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://braveathlete.net/geektic/files/jaditubezimoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614534f400733---vuzuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/7557640163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158413c1fb4f---43316946615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atsolution.org/userfiles/file/20210914054657352767943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://812423.situshoki1.com/contents/files/54336203971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b695271d0c---sezimurawepawubiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7387735166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/xaxafegiwegoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exoticland.bg/upload/files/files/14960509022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-poligrafic.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59468309561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsm.company/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38030121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615403ee23f22---30633215589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moulbaix.be/fck/file/45110661289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/35628016734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icaalliance.org/filespath/files/20210926114631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents/files/piwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thic.muki001.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dikosoxofawowezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/59177888159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381f2a03fc9---77276216494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/sexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/zavokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahppesticide.com/userfiles/file/bovilejazexilulavude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegmsbihta.in/userfiles/file/rowikizufaf.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_off0000b179.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB179 17100 bytes
SHA-256: 9a3032537b6d40e549836bee0754dcd0537b40ea9b0272601a645e9cf3e78b28
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF520 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 96db510bd0e0d4baeec50fe52230173e99d1e563020ee6baf61270ab814b0da1