Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3f716713121b90b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-13 03:47:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 3bd1085c0ffb1e03e59885385b06f7c7 SHA-1: f1ac7cf2c6aa03ff049884aa1e836623ce8f2151 SHA-256: c3f716713121b90b88988ce5b73a899313b8a896bb24c55f7545c77c549a2f63
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/buwutaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geometracosentino.com/userfiles/files/51322080111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsixiang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210717123632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/fixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defaico.com/d/files/28451471851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/kebomatusofijebiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b698a5d55---27759628954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9597ef083---kisimajijogosidob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/69912571659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/89561939001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/kemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8ba78e5945---8752559974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idtj7la9bcekt1b78ephp3iur0/kasujukunajiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082eeb638fae---2931647852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hong-tour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210706_6B212061817674C9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovemynewstemcells.com/clients/865932/File/mevimuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6b39b183a---96465669390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d113766e3e---tipiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/17258679124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc91a029c1---fugazojesifukojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86e528eae1---85336129622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/26564039770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/gunupuzamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+become+facebook+blueprint+certifiedPDF 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_off0000f22b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF22B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3D 16940 bytes
SHA-256: ebaf492e3136a52c64f6f36f657d1ca5f93761ce4e1a72db6a6a1f78d5f022e8
font_02_sfnt_off00013691.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13691 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 7bbebe7d12d737dd37471a4e1c14fd48efefa8c4c49fcf012cc5ccd4e1e9207d