Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3c76e4c0c98bbb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:31:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0c6288305a427461b622643cec69e0a9 SHA-1: 128f6806191a35290fceaf41ee6e6ee2953e3775 SHA-256: a3c76e4c0c98bbb63b1a12a3f57be118fc89f15a8bd538686dffc385555fa431
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the heuristic firings indicate the document's primary function is to redirect users to external malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=evaluation+cm2+maths+grandeurs+et+mesures+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/44342787072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/wozibugevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9adf5bdf1abac314d536276df11a241c/bebaridibur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2cd7c14d0---96755211278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102e3ea1fc17---kenixatuvafagarevubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161281af09a5ce---pomapasaxemifaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dad83147778b8711df0697a4207a3d13/10339988616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea2b3afe71---94382778941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/17991742851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/zegiruvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forresterfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/cc/cc72bfd2512333311cc1ef5a4fdef90f/File/63001912505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart-ventures.ch/upload/Editor_Images/files/duwunisimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/30381626652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9536c55972eab94f06b4280adf423320/senifeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caf7686d237---40906379873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hm7sju067h12ll7f6le3ajrlu2/25438841617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/kupudirar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ssoecb1bhfriv8mtr2ajgkm315/94354047263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/jiwabewunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/sometiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/pitomofopelamezad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasciindia.com/firetech/ckupload/files/76524293458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/44055550322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hh7vjik8jer5vmke742pd2cfbp/tuwuxidipafukipebaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/88371187430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/26613860560.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_off0000bf31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF31 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 82a78063aa09f745af562790b70125d66358518ad20025b0bde59f737f127fb4
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB25 11336 bytes
SHA-256: f82a30885ad9d09ed13ecacb5e006f4deb5ef2ade96f7217addd16f4beae6894
font_02_sfnt_off00010578.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10578 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1