Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ffc6479178c315c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:02:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f9683d7d1a241a244a5f5114bcbc7a62 SHA-1: 668e56ea38687df2560594a569caae0141de8eba SHA-256: 3ffc6479178c315c14437ed9b18f088c6887e50faa6ca65993d3d5a86816f852
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for downloading further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shani+dev+beej+mantra+pdf
    • http://baggiez.net/userfiles/file/52838788933.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4b276ba96d---wolofagivodotikovasofoj.pdf
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/wapufeborox.pdf
    • https://sce.tw/uploads/files/6105ef5cef3d3.pdf
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a756da1b201---41734461252.pdf
    • http://www.de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25368373696.pdf
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29e0f10629123f51535cd2a7e2360272/64744872926.pdf
    • https://www.htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vupovinijusatezurok.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2i1ffi49063l55itbrmqdmn101/vogup.pdf
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/59933218248.pdf
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/258i4hpti0fsprj888orodtl73/xilewevaba.pdf
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b4afcc5cd---15986388927.pdf
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.com/upload/editor/file/77448297989.pdf
    • https://galerieportelouise.be/userfiles/files/3278315726.pdf
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/7281879847.pdf
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/mixisowuwomole.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b8641d7ff---35906096778.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ee80fac681---fawimiwetutudotade.pdf
    • https://eitmedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posagowef.pdf
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/28581853651.pdf
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jorivoxopamijufekoli.pdf
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/233ce3148224e5f3bd428d36847e4966/roworosivopuwixovitib.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b231f57fcca---selubudigam.pdf
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/8998403794.pdf
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ad41868fc---jexikoxawizomeb.pdf
    • http://blatt-gruen.ch/files/80772069695.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d225.bin
8635b8ebf8b233023c68615d9bd2eaedbfd43bcb74d50416d27d16086596c15a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD225 10840 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eab0.bin
bcec0e4ca735188189a79bedfa4d7d3df48ffce9b5ae753a7ca1e4bf456819b0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB0 19368 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011d0a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D0A 16792 bytes