Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3d1b3b94a0588ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-10-01 17:49:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 4e709421e47da9bbf4da44bc34bb61d8 SHA-1: 2951abf569b7a898207665009c76064945e4948c SHA-256: d3d1b3b94a0588ef390ea1e0109fa23adc53f4c9b4a967ddbff7f5150674dd4c
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including malformed streams and links to algorithmically-generated URLs hosted on potentially compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a phishing or trojanized PDF. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=god%27s+character+and+the+last+generation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/35978229553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanhacollection.com/images/files/11324238155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugakopumoraxobiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/xazisijepupuguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/11643101650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84070906326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengatetaichiqigong.com/userfiles/file/5025291334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f446436131c9a73849ee20d5f0f38f02/porudututidudomum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/xonunadadenepumuwezex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guus.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61598757206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021090903351045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/zojinuwitonebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairfresh.net/assets/admin/ckeditorimage/files/lesixabupovalafaxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/robufitaloxage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/nojoponiwuvitiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/001350ff578771268eeb7505331154c5/22729255232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/juwuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schuetzenfest-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/wigodunixagebatolujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martas.vodrsport.cz/uploads/files/gutidirejupiwoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/fofomoder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocphuocjsc.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/rogibemolukoxejulisibunep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/lafusomakazex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/wonemanozunopimix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d4a746e78de73ed39e978c1359d160d/30490252881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b276.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB276 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA8D 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 02b0790452e41630dd539d27f1d23e8f8e9f4e6c8f7d4f185432508099b9d7f6
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3CC 17004 bytes
SHA-256: 58e0a7f515ddbba2aa54a0fe9fcc123b8ee758be747543f742ba9f44f17132bb