Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3306bcfaa7691b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 09:38:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 6c592c94ff9798024ba1549a2ca683ee SHA-1: eb048217dc3a0ddb8b29fe4b3ee7eea129fd0d76 SHA-256: b3306bcfaa7691b22ee9c7f7428d8ab3c23b9b57d52bb2fcb0010a42590a8002
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress installations and other disposable hosting domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of hosting malicious files on potentially untrusted or compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/90839191284.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/pukadaderid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97059d98d0---sefuwuwomafukiluneduno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensacolahigh1964.com/clients/1/1d/1d652d7f5bd5fd2f3712913460b20393/File/xilawijif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/wotidupanikoniroxugif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/95446649755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solar-makernavi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84281125491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralteplostroy.ru/content/file/mefoxefovulavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/4474526445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/sufoxuzufipudajixafiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/pivejala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe6a49bdd3---40313868473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smallislandcurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cddfa378f5217c18cd3f7eafd751877f/86382357690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48opg6l67upuimsgc8csv6r455/tugedigug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/xirepugagafozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58c08fee79737082dc584309133fe6a7/27630679523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/fuwukuxiwimazebipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900024c4f78---91042626368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/68065075487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0f3021346---puvadasugunajujerivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d5d4f0503---54708582156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/27261068979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/lezometedojejuzilejoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=6th+grade+reading+comprehension+worksheets+multiple+choice+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f527.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF527 11416 bytes
SHA-256: ee101d8cc381f2d1acab9957f0242b758c5b7c992ef174ae3b0cc1ab819a5251
font_02_sfnt_off00010fc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FC4 16836 bytes
SHA-256: b31c1db8b587fa4fafa4d3b862804054e0cb2fb6055b055386d632c4536e1f99