Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d3ed64bdfb2d36f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:26:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f6d3c0116649736a57820dc579cd70b0 SHA-1: 13770664d1d7dfeb97271300b774e8d4474c2ae2 SHA-256: 7d3ed64bdfb2d36fbe03567520b9d0fc9007fe4fb53cad7d72ba02fc65d8ad71
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate a strong likelihood of this document being used for phishing or to distribute further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hp+pavilion+dv7+notebook+repair+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://sneedfamilyct.com/clients/44919/File/46528308224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5cca96315---82619619415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/kutuxidapiziburo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geotersrl.it/file/rukedafazasifisuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/file/pojag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e9d126d80200c851d26afe5961d2886/bonifukur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/guvikijimufotoxulibadebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfa8e6bf8da---38070251007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/kuferetudejifujexuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topup-fight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33791510184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814f681ccd0---91517651345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bn88a9eqb06dbl38tbsp4ebah/jidatasubavara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/94926593463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/xumixujilexuzorebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84656970731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db746f35d1e4ffda3a454e9155417ccf/23678186990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uc6b6747h9k52stp77adbtue60/nexexuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b97f5a29a---60400914324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3dfaa101915bdc2cf5a105ebe550717/sizitagojolitepegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5a53ead6195cf5e316fbc1d7e1c53b1/vubisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istanbulballoons.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zajanagugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d400df62f---fevuzopozeteko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifeteacher.tw/uploads/files/202108230313278953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8be02cdaf---porabuzepagekugizuzesuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alianzablue.com/aym_image/files/zomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supermovi.com/userfiles/files/14119730579.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_off0000f2e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E0 18408 bytes
SHA-256: b228b911d9eea465d68af75dba808a8ae4e6af3e336a14ad9ee47dfd7d792fbe
font_01_sfnt_off00012340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12340 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 7c17ee22cdb7620c56fc24fc2381720ebd26bc61287ffcb13e11b8ccf491a708
font_02_sfnt_off00013bfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BFA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1