Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3348e613f658f32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:46:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4568e335eb3836cf2111e063916df678 SHA-1: bfc2fa14331b2adc8b0c181dbc0f46979cc7bef4 SHA-256: a3348e613f658f32e3bbecac682409284f2e1c5608ccc91f9a64845baaefea43
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content disguised as exam papers.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://homeuu.biz/upload/ckeditor/pages//files/76968478524.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/243420e96787c9fe60c1c9d1254a45d2/82342838297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///zuninis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtipa.com/upfile/files/2021/07/31/68960467158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e73602f95e6f18f971342adfbc3f04ce/jemezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/zezobut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e307cf72f1c1aeb1c131e2fc7204c548/vewokalukezoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuxihemei.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210719_133202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/wasamurisuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/runadovufili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609482ddc0fb8---32519569716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ffdfpav8ol3mp5fs0qsdrtqh6/39472101787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/44792971877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokosohk.com/files/fckfiles/file/siwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/82962973013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d52faeb6c---ditonuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoneng.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/84710554904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ap66ud2jmcsgn1q02jue4ginha/15131930591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7c21ae717---6881683912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chekeeh.ir/basefile/chekeehir/files/87955441391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+exam+papers+2014+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d8a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8A6 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 3d5471f6e4b1ecd5b65b992b778bba164ec80172df0bfea8607350a940781c12
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A1 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 07dd38152bccf550b4af619a71a905d40affd91f93246ac47e7361df5ba34a01
font_02_sfnt_off00011faa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1