Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3845b361dcb1c7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:43:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0201902581327df51870b1b7546d9fe2 SHA-1: 4de6e4e492385f185d1f2cdc1f0e64c2a6907069 SHA-256: b3845b361dcb1c7c679f4626bac00449a15ccea5e994727b41bb92a1f6750577
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm pointing to compromised websites and potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded URLs are likely used to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9764

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://www.casasemio.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89956131190.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bluelakehomestay.com/uploads/image/files/99498546015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wdnederland.nl/file/nezalaxowudadama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medarbindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63707863836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankifoto.com/uploads/pages/files/riwized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbigas.net/media/files/1864939467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/tijidosesapukadilipuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66ae0e686d783e26f4d0fb7bff671fd6/rumegizokibuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/sewaxoparoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://live-lessons.net/lcj/web/uploads/assets/file/gekuwonadudebolipaveba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soluzionebenessere.eu/userfiles/files/vonali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nidiwokerowolewurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmrh.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/65498130404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c1292fc03---mezedobubimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kechengchem.com/upload/files/44585554363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma1.ru/!upload/files/80604853330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/17375382996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinatech.com/userfiles/file/kadajaxorunetapeduxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/79300225557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skontrolsengineering.com/file_media/file_image/file/wapivujawatonumomeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flashdisplay.net/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210909043316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ead1b43397---64499792736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/felisisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/26744905433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dayou.tw/uploadpic/files/202109072231127199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a6eeeb853---punaxosatupot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbibepnhahang.net/media/files/91865061521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=mi+a3+updatePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000be8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE8F 10112 bytes
SHA-256: 0cc07cb8c0c2f79e95dcd8d0e98d6658442657ab8242dd3d76193ff7c1818d83
font_01_sfnt_off0000d53b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD53B 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 8ea7da2d870aa806e5c213ebc1dffefb413c44de426ea7effb8994f4e31e6c30
font_02_sfnt_off000100ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000118bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118BD 16632 bytes
SHA-256: e896d0c9c6509c93731645541c0836c845742b74f7fde2e8ff5e94baacc6a6a0