Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a8b3dfc3aa34add…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 16:07:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3a83aab35692a280cf6f6616bfb643ad SHA-1: 23804a43db5721dc4e83095889c54fa55ebbb1fe SHA-256: 9a8b3dfc3aa34add189932ec331800e0d8e9286d85a8d113e52b0da90ed66814
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and a critical ClamAV detection. The file contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier also assigned a high probability of maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://bursac.net/userfiles/file/segivatuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e91e19a434---butesosirijanegizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stgeorgedentalcare.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejusopukarowotuxesorukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/turadapajalopibisar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jseruvf33ng2idfp49duebsnt7/37233058401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/zepegelupezupekitij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8708e3c1a---lenisoretasifoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3129b3f4d---sedopozosogalukurox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramicaartisticamarsalese.it/userfiles/files/bozol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emmanuelmissionarybaptist.com/clients/74938/File/lulasuneniwenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3f96b5c278---21655047521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df4285af00---xivinelilufili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/xugukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cimkezes.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23446362007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/68212030514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba18a84006---posixugelixetenuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/96707575768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210623/file/16244096004648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/kixumibupananu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f25c44fedd---47420452112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-system.jp/uploads/2012/files/86815000518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/tezavaxipafijiragijosil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+out+of+a+co+sign+loanPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/348992d9d597a9fd0145b031b8843d38/jabazivenosajuwigub.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_off0000fba0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA0 16920 bytes
SHA-256: 05ffb650ba89c61b653cc059df73fb11ed0bd153bf6ce933d4526966dda487ae
font_01_sfnt_off0001281c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1281C 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 11f056ce08697bf6ed559f5c3d1ff83e7a878b2a412d09bca195683d4b1e0166
font_02_sfnt_off0001407c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1407C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1