Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3f1639995ae20b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:26:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 87bd7fba3e4e1decb1de6655bb1e35aa SHA-1: 8939fa07a58f6204e96db4ab5eebbe2eb30acafa SHA-256: d3f1639995ae20b50b02cc1a89b5a6e495ff85c4719c18dfc79e46cfbd6715d7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous obfuscated links points towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b04b218aa---xixugojoxijelabobopofazil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pune-india.info/userfiles/file/31656873539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d30771a0d584776fc2dab114f93531b2/91981386659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/48856101990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9u63hrhm5kq31nr28gtra75p08/82260595294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ap-arte.ro/fckupload/file/68635224494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c7c7b2d38---potobesubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paynechapelduquesne.org/clients/9/9b/9b910c66cef3ae2d1bb1fd5804160a19/File/rejoxoribev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca4efdee6c---kexobowugipakixerefera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edff9e68a5a---20180039582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ct6sa2adn1nosdtgbulttulp2e/12292244373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca318c67bd3ff00349c7826874b03b0c/gafonubedugasezojikubika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6fcb71e96---vorekopoxegavotivodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepusomalitag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paynechapelduquesne.org/clients/9/9b/9b910c66cef3ae2d1bb1fd5804160a19/File/zujoranumerikolazoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/776eaae7be2340f3f3533c73d5dc5c0b/12741625134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1a289c9ce---totaximuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/xerorubufifatogojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/62334535008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kann9bddjl2ll0ltvieq7gr3et/12813967291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oresteruggiero.com/userfiles/files/kubuxenedanukexekarekewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitepride.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/repozivaxuwagewara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f03519b3f8e---25571829259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=eppendorf+thermomixer+c+service+manualPDF 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_off00010b52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B52 19268 bytes
SHA-256: 0253efac0fb3bc71aeda955f9b4087ad4d16e657bcef4dcfd5535530b1e3d934
font_01_sfnt_off00013d8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D8D 11136 bytes
SHA-256: b0c339aed8161f8e51a8166d56adb9c43fbcf63f3bb93e759c65c6d5214da886
font_02_sfnt_off0001575e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1575E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1