Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3eaf021c91fcaae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 06:59:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: fcbc2de593fbb89070b89175b10b1da3 SHA-1: 21aa2adca04f381412e5f9db388b55a33e419dbf SHA-256: c3eaf021c91fcaae186a4cf97bc415377dc7ed9c7227a7a6e08500e4b0e48c14
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or part of a link farm, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The PDF structure itself does not contain readable content, but the presence of external links and the high heuristic scores indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://suphammamnon.org/uploads/files/renelezorow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sunmoon-glory.com/web/upload/files/90005941812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yunnanyingxiang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22364179113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021090113352789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takarasushimn.com/userfiles/files/61477164581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/988bfb39eeaeea85b1281debbd082109/62821061190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/vowefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/23224178922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99147173032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/gorixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/23234705616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/972d5779ad7f5c00f531f18b5b5208c1/nisozabadakaselisolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161301ff31e7ca---lajako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cor8dbvofr2m4qmmuvf9pn2big/kafosovivexunimajuneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/lawugobubit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f26sa5mlmv9md51n4s1t23b9g5/gakajusitigiwalonovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barefoot.pl/userfiles/file/56435475310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8b8lhh8vhkvlst32n0gsireiu/genezuwejipoxikovumobetip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kassa.pl/userfiles/file/kiginapetamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinocastillo.hu/editor_up/tezebuxapevizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier-genealogie.org/File:/nokufamuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shardamedicalstore.com/singhania/downloads/file/99638700496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/63605832136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131cf51f02fe---merilafajoneborarawoxifin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/50935117777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/79557148310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+free+gems+in+dragon+city+2021PDF 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_off0000ddc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC5 11256 bytes
SHA-256: c1589948564badafe3ef987759b7bdf8b2183948665c0baa4aafd28ea3eed9ea
font_01_sfnt_off0000f820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF820 18428 bytes
SHA-256: 0416a4de1c599bf86ddb8d33cccea3b2af80e638e67ceb045cebfe0585d0ce33
font_02_sfnt_off0001284d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1284D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1