Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3e885ff5fdba4a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-21 04:32:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 32bb0cfd5a03bc56057388e9a92affce SHA-1: 5616b7bb7ab52272a0190a0022f742e31166154e SHA-256: a3e885ff5fdba4a5595b3f006a0b270549333a04be28e7d2ecf765b74b819e88
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host and distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically a phishing or trojan payload. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of numerous external links and the high-risk heuristics suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ed6d87c41---60096283930.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://evermoral.hk/upload/file/1625077982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://storemisr.com/uploads/files/57676754684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/52905386159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtyxbpzx.com/filespath/files/20210810093746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f20c51acfa---41281006989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d189cf9af57---kulubakosafakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/foweluga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubabus.cz/novy-web/upload/file/wituveluti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fddc3dccf51---warawatutojojivuzunomuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097909dcc247---79492813362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfort8889.com/upload/files/56998721772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feriaalainversa.com/uploaded/files/korituburet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/64030021087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demkapi.com/resimler/files/kalon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3sunrk66nft033b2hbedca59v3/lefulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/wituvuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/jezopikoxibonulamunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibds.net/images/files/sikudiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myappartement.de/web/editor/files/86772930446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db1fcd84b952fe5469c7ad2150dd81b2/poduge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/13232932131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/28256288669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesifveotesi.com/files/kubajunovesosizalomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=court+r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9+de+la+guerre+de+troie+n%27aura+pas+lieutenPDF 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_off0000ee62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE62 19596 bytes
SHA-256: 069b8cec09a13643e97eb48701070b291ff30587bb8fbf0df366b1c5bd5e5d90
font_01_sfnt_off00011f0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013721.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13721 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 47e70444477638e0784b811b5938386506e3bb57d5781a16c0ab32112b41d164

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