Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3e164abeac9540b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:56:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b785a5bbb49f8569daf1d5625bf9008d SHA-1: f00c5353755e98b181eb5fd089f392e75841d4c4 SHA-256: a3e164abeac9540b3b76dd5623f466afc77e0c2b6061bedb5ca23ef54ca0d3ca
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to algorithmically-generated URLs and compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest maliciousness. The embedded URLs and link farms point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=normas+iso+pdf+2017 PDF link annotation
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/lerasanopamemetenozibofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/89802722570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmi.lu/userfiles/files/pujokoxifabosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/99250312296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notarbrazda.cz/userfiles/file/88744595056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebfa89e1d524d01832494fc13fd96eaa/sedakidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e949ca4f1---gefikelenil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/logobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sowofekumesetufawaxewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4128f1ebebf0c639e9a3de5652cf768c/24703421601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents//files/tovekudupeponewitomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/92391642893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/vijevupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61109e9d5eb57f945041f174e94a56ce/20090018921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1e831e8534---40285038477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/rorexufusiwonipuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/66601768308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae83bc400b066655adb1cf8d6edac168/6676719016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbis.pl/files/file/80665602951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/26635727650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aardbeienfeesten.nl/uploadimages/files/besudosowazidiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4594a5d43e---11797890646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-7/file/rudagowekoxare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/42521564560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/lodotuzapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/xodonezu.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_off0000c1f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA05 15632 bytes
SHA-256: b8ff97832055dbbcb4a31394691f0134157cb7b9da28bf620f3660e90535af45
font_02_sfnt_off00010201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10201 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 2c7b8e9e9b1a7ee87e966c09327540315648d153251ba2c81ba94883735dca34