Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3da535883e2f039…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:08:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: af03b2235ec8c2eca338ccfd076826f5 SHA-1: 49941cbca4bf8a878321cb5ec6a580b75615302c SHA-256: a3da535883e2f03947dea19e4b1ae72c7499fd67740c36b3652cbc335da95047
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. The presence of a 'download button' lure, combined with numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggests an attempt to trick the user into downloading a secondary malicious payload. The ClamAV detection further solidifies its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e560d9df2a9a7b7dee5acf8a5a6a331f/zuxiperifepulozo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/61271001347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beepost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/satejozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d8d098140---fepunugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/19313063171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/68654339012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25fa58772619e5f0bd90e5c2d9440e65/16318128877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a691de67290a0023ca1188d375d6c74/18919068495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi.com/contents//files/96794149293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deccanquest.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/81740973292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/fugoluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b7076a0918---83418941498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseowon.com/ckupload/files/dagogoditufivok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210821104931_196233962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/dezovulafamidevam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/57615758814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piau-po21inn.com/CKEdit/upload/files/39716753150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/fuvodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oglethorpeclub.org/~oglethor/UserFiles/file/puvavowimevavidojonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/92026109975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/sivonugipulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joesservicecenternj.com/userfiles/files/bilafuderabumigofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63d731508f---viwotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/kezovosusolunowixow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b733e5e18e5d9d37000ac50b303f839e/9210600522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=modals+of+probability+exercises+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d9f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F6 18976 bytes
SHA-256: 37c4e32cc53133ce7b7b271a30f16ce0a522106c95dca3048e18e41be0aaed53
font_01_sfnt_off00010adc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F3 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 95d22ecd8e0ea7282d0995374fcecba9488ffcf9011f488928a5daed8c97d6d1