Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3b5480ce05af41a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:47:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6d30130e34cc4e80f61e9748427eb5dd SHA-1: 3d05603bbf01acddae61554dc0f6ca0a6ba1e6e7 SHA-256: d3b5480ce05af41ae665e1c21200dacd26dffcfcf3895ffb747853b0a81668a9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect the user to download additional malicious content, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/15535967208.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b2fc02fb9---lopupikajepuj.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b410b08f5cf---pigulixinipasipijefut.pdf
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879fd703549---novibisabisarijivinuxup.pdf
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad0f120104f7591114419299ddf78f86/gufekamu.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef84044e26ba13bf1539f040d7efce60/manonowebubatavana.pdf
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/tosil.pdf
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06cf89ac301eb6b92f8cfc322fbe9bc8/firofupufala.pdf
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4cee3f687dd3174c1c76a1621889dd7/zurufi.pdf
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pm1mbs36d3d7op8vlkbbahi091/42742953943.pdf
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/podinunejuma.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30b09e165b---degemitonemiguruvu.pdf
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749700735cc---jaxudabikaxuwamun.pdf
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/27540122127.pdf
    • http://teaandtiara.ca/clients/c/cf/cffd5a667a547ddf6f7ed7e454f715b7/File/26817267507.pdf
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6374ffafe79b2c510d9a8db05f84f37a/lozapifazowirutinobixozi.pdf
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849eaed7dd4---22103211693.pdf
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8aef6ce9bb---dujuzomokonomisemimi.pdf
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/14540495855.pdf
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbf5c5fd6vnm84hu6jluub2t2c/mudidoras.pdf
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8rbcd0om22ma8ae1oolqt99lc/86116514591.pdf
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/80832636456.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=in+and+out+plank
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f64f.bin
7568a32cc91bf53f93a343fff3e9651d3deb1c6bdc5f8e820f93b8ddcd9f50a8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF64F 17192 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000122d2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ae9.bin
01cdcd06ae089dbd11816c05246af16171a8c15136db18f3b7ab8852bc3bcd0b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AE9 10036 bytes