Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3b354c705731def…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 04:36:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1d027856334d11d20b30348680a64752 SHA-1: 1a2f0e8ed7a95b1dc0db32cc4fe31072ce9d9c58 SHA-256: d3b354c705731def7035b6a7c438c8ae5415b16781790d60ab039ca3dfd99b84
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. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9962

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/vovulajipezagave.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c72b36b33a---23282419865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609794bbd3e40---2199082220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsclinic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/welavexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/fokadebilizopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8e3f59a34---sedewezuxegasesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b4024dfa1fb44e8e9a5d3e86f355d66/49227564845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/gajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/tizifuzefadutoxetunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/480fc719181f6937f1311a6c646a9fc3/kawufomapabiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70e4u0icgvs6ml2i3hvhfdtkn2/9021214684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/12666262538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/8924717076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/wipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/luvakubuzosisotukofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-catamarans.de/res/wysiwyg/file/66735904711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a81c208d0de---nepufukanegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789f08d58c3---59887584508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5624ece7bb7980a8834544e2f9ed6f83/59404215340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/milasikemesufisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef125ddecc---62524088860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/29731611792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=muhammad+the+messenger+of+god+download+720pPDF 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
stream_005_off000119ac.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x119AC 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 8a53f53214059663e9e60df934a78bbee3529a82a9e24f2bdc2d45ea2e9c58d3
font_00_sfnt_off0000d135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD135 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 1a68f4d2474f282b676898c74cbf31ec49e0f5b98b30ce86729954a628c126c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB9A 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 5e0a1ea45c2501e1d0535692729db2ceac378dbcd1950be04214edcbc74d0327
font_03_sfnt_off00013528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13528 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1