Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3b04cd16900d3af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:15:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cf0555b53829f269d9baa99fc8554015 SHA-1: 066154e84892e544d51ebcb31d007189b7129dd3 SHA-256: c3b04cd16900d3af9e9a4a4ff47ffb02bc49a44d3baa493c65a05e2267beec84
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests a social engineering tactic to prompt the user to install malicious browser extensions or updates.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/naxitopenas.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/69981432523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capthepcongtrinh.com/uploads/news/files/gisanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/ximunofefagupumise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a22847f1edff8440b855cf85b946487/nuganipoteku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents/files/kugupiteze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektor-bezpeki.com/userfiles/files/29412936855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.com/userfiles/file/wekama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/48901791000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/bijojivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/rabezumufuwixivawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lasallelille.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24370014885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahealthcaredentalcentre.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekuzujetibesefunibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/mariwutiviwabufepekukabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gilboamedia.com/userfiles/file/86094024670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrospizzadb.com/uploads/files/29945787896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/87582465296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malayalamfoundation.org/admin/my_files/file/faruxemozomiwetapiron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemdinhcan.com/Images_upload/files/83549077691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/25747595576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458198e5a28---lelenoluzaziram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkcca1vc36f6osl1gp0j05mao4/bezoropewenepizexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/58702914981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/ziken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=android+5+screenshotPDF 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_off0000f9e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111F7 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 43bb4cdb588d5a0e90b1244c85c16aedafad5867f0f7a03177041660f4a53706
font_02_sfnt_off0001296d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1296D 19504 bytes
SHA-256: 1344b0aee6a584b3f85afea4041e5bd0e565b2336a0f6c62c16f94a474ef5da3