Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d030185bdb3b211e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:45:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5969d21e03590e2f50d7e8508f26a704 SHA-1: a99a273b47042525dde1bfd5997c6191af766d1e SHA-256: d030185bdb3b211e025ce97493e6235a374e24e0f58b1bca629f42cb82ac4caf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised websites and link farms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic indicates a link to an algorithmically generated URL, which is a common tactic for malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870bfef22aa---sovinegax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brucemaymemorialgolftournament.com/clients/d/d2/d245e0393a5bbb16d67b82808c007790/File/95819346912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crestviewshopping.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/84617869712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/vejajemunolebovexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/3008471784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcompany.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/97132629312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/50710333003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8e99f350bc---41076861127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabulgaria.org/userfiles/file/49429575125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fef145cd6b48b957e3935fdc37181ea2/36617218147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610dfbd9eb269---kuzadopine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210513005403143191371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebrates.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/92388876098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/fawazenulabonedekexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/624324572a16ea0211dcf597937af63b/vutawobofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfcnp6frr5nd1n0ph75j3ismc6/wapetesiwuxugitexazofezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612663764105b---80112273847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhgianggroup.vn/upload/files/dagidigenagunupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dkmodels.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xibarurunapibotuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160930e30cb0d5---jemejagikejuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f09e41bcb787aa467d24820fa6e3fa63/mamumopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/equ06q0ldvt49ng21l9kc3r2c3/19197093319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5pr7puiqc43h87ls933vvipc3t/88941126940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-naslunci.cz/userfiles/file/voditazelez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=obsessed+with+appearancePDF 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_off0000daec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAEC 10696 bytes
SHA-256: fd778802cc4cddd7d1d5c58e2a13f658ececfe0f6f65c3ce2e444148229cbd52
font_01_sfnt_off0000f354.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF354 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 757edc078333080aded7526a85b752e12f60c18ddd483e94473f488379abb39a
font_02_sfnt_off000120f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1