Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3e3e546621fab77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:07:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 95c8be0c59c5de7142dde1b3be74dd45 SHA-1: 9192965acc656813a9a735d770f442036e155f7b SHA-256: d3e3e546621fab772d4821103667a888cd9b5e03c997ba87e032726c93f11a09
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards the document acting as a lure to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=recuperative+heat+exchanger+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a0f8bfe56---61866701906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1798bcead9d2f73e3b541ce7f934c5e0/59446447298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcfbc9c3ac2---zasatijilufukiwudedewoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108358448313---23180275575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekogard.net/deko/veri/_files/kukaxagixutej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/milelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/mimekosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe50067550a80606e695b66ecb5bbf79/68398301996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/noxugagiwujopusatarivav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b06d9af8ae---sedede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/rotufirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f45df80c8e---digonaludabiteboxibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/wixavozigomojirinaxofaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/munugizavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lechioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/38406628860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f28c2324dc---tuwepizanarudirugoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah3n7cgpurqb38ae6ngpgl37e2/55188952016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210613200816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bobecoingatlan.com/uploads/editor/file/tusalopizubudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a77be625e---tadakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southeastern61.com/clients/0/07/0748cf78e2268043913ae7c14e09e996/File/49432033486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/23453035140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsgvaia465medkvfidjui35t24/67073178135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96c36e15be732d71b1395d49bb744b1f/58074584705.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_off0000baf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAF8 16584 bytes
SHA-256: eed56a0edeb6016975e1e7b66c056a89c345869e7d628aaa61437de5fff1707f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e61c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE61C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE33 10880 bytes
SHA-256: f6caf4cd838be3239c0d02ceb3661e52459d231d9b2d3b14fe3d648e63f13cfd