Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7be3ae5349a9d2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-10-05 17:10:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1e29cbd7f2248f8714bbc2204fc3654c SHA-1: 0777e584dd7429fe09cee034339ed4a39a9c0b3a SHA-256: d7be3ae5349a9d2bc7aa0f8d0f19d9db6f74c7453d0cc0b84b019554b9bac83d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic 'SE_QR_LURE' also suggests a potential QR code redirection, further supporting a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ksiclubcom.ksiclub.org/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/kuriduvufuvarezu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://problemconsulting.com/img/download/files/7180523337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://knurussian.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109160108323223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nigerseedindia.com/uploads/93337952821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xukeram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glozor.com/userfiles/file/rifekurekijajamudurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146f5c36d4b0---dazinaxuvuboxivamogole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b19v1mb1yi.com/userfiles/file/tekalozutuvokekijujeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19dcbhb9dhen9mu511cijv9i46/lijoluxenupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/jusefoxopokaposiwizukuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tp05h719htvfpecr6t4iepmgo6/woxewodoroze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/83550960049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsddesign.com/filespath/files/20210924120625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maulich.vn/attachment/files/15914673644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franciscojaviermoreno.com/DocsCKeditor/files/vinijabekejawetugebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/97598259538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/31905728829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianbelieversmatrimony.com/web/christiansbelieversmatrimony/photos/ckeditor/files/nexilunujikiwako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birutelorasin.com/contents/files/83589766224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/4993156261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangalargalux.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rukokalari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medic-pneumolog.ro/fisiere/file/kufosigupilunuwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smingames.com/ckfinder/files/76455741187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulwichtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/dazigumavafubawekidewix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietucmould.com/img-vietuc/files/fodinek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=noches+azules+joan+didion+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD58 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 8d4a3e4752810ab40f996dac14fbb334a0b4cc840abd8553761e58bebf81a3e3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF613 19720 bytes
SHA-256: baf03a5fce6cc0db7f5a8aa50dc7c16e9d8a7e113c33729a261790fc620f6b59
font_02_sfnt_off00012942.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12942 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1