Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adc3ac2935c6860b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:02:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 73e07dce959da019d75bc17b0f354f46 SHA-1: 67a73ae3ea205c92ffdd4774df5e8e3be202f476 SHA-256: adc3ac2935c6860bf41394d0d8a1834955d58edf2335600ae9090a13dac18b1f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the presence of numerous suspicious URLs points to a social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9u63hrhm5kq31nr28gtra75p08/82260595294.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ec681fe6e---75389076932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/2024287743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4c2b7632f8e763698ef50a5b2901f02/74059752008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceroki.com/image/files/kawoteralebakefuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eff79cf5ad29ebb64efaf3578411626a/sitetefisuxagoziruremef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/877ebb87c8836411bd48e21e7f0e601d/dukulenuxasip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a65nec956mhljv861bdmee8i10/danefubizorededejewodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suthuytinh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/wufejujaxemevumuvazufewir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/kizonesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/52547186690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/wifogati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osteopathe-montpellier-sud.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11136335026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/mogixikuzomijibuzivesunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/38761794803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c86d927e1375c0aacfe2471b9c68402a/daketofebirodijijuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shimoltd.ru/images/file/11558369944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19396203130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021051415034573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nakegusirufodaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/36682036467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce499758205f842793ed4dddda5b06c7/poret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e08bda0aaa---wexijezidabesenafemoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849f0f86beb---1897220226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=network+security+analyst+interview+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off00010e67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001267e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1267E 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 3bce8944c68d9d6d5da794a25762c7d3d52b0ecd03d4d720d14a66ccc13ba13f
font_02_sfnt_off00013fe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FE4 17508 bytes
SHA-256: a68b9e3430ee4f254f29534d781c238788c95e5e3b89dc7dab802d7fe5babfd1

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