Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3cf3e121ad8d73a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 09:46:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: e47b33bfd0f7020203c7513b3238e036 SHA-1: 04f00b63c6156415d7983e3e01ecdcf2a5305a1a SHA-256: a3cf3e121ad8d73afef1920dc4303f61ca5ba7e69b01aafa4b8172e31e204eec
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=photo+lab+hack+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://totoumi.jp/upload/file/51671293483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/84424122713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c7b59ec79---viwobebuvenuweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-recepty.sk/images/fotky/dajujap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d59789e5f4ece119882efc1ea912779e/53232206423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29774499960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conditum.nl/userfiles/file/tibavosakexipituvejabapat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zorotagevalekeleneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karaokejdi.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/96404341032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/jukuzuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614286c57d412---saxekej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/86221727549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventima.ru/userfiles/file/putowejofunitixixifoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prttour.ca/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_061B91998709DA45.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needletherapy.eu/upload/file/jisipizetorikixirabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/guwofumegosizifunowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsped.hu/files/file/mevosovofejex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aifimm.it/admin/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90085174419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitacanes.com/uploads/files/22361276965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolbiko.com/images/uploads/file/91401496870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sfmhvk20g6ufmihcibin44rgr6/16459451466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reklama71.ru/upload_picture/kumimegukebuwafutaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jss-moms.si/upload/File/58100442073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613579f4d81d9---99499602526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/42551587712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/46678717479.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_off0000cfd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD9 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 3d65027cafd7e10b21e999790ff7342aa38afdfc24857b518e9104d7ffcd1260
font_01_sfnt_off0000e74b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE74B 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 93cb61d2e28f8f64bc6504c57f1c510a20f179e4a0870d720a4271e12d79caa4
font_02_sfnt_off00011432.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11432 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1