Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db3e57d4b6a22cdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-06-08 07:37:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 725317d0a91ef53e68e9af607448e15e SHA-1: ed7c92c83f1bb32329d4313f5f43e084ba6ef910 SHA-256: db3e57d4b6a22cdcf0b2a9b3534e7590160f8962baaedd83cbecc739795acb91
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file is classified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML model, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to contain keywords related to audio equipment, likely serving as a pretext to disguise the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=polytune+2+vs+boss+tu-3 PDF link annotation
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f5663035d2da9a43410a201e0b5eda8/jozemimoxezavinogimugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/kopodunusupagonuxaredeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da162949a2---30709204719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f50cf41028---sivexuxexiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af66ad7dc6b---mowufoxedukasorimagufoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area5srl.it/file/64487916132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gl7dgj710r2f2t4mmmvbng7q0/jifimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7f6590de8cf93fb7ff3ac9cf444a3ff/resojiselimizawoditiwuzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70862577246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/zopadirixofapigojifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineexpert.in/userfiles/file/34447513978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd03229464b---64294623069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6dg28u0j1ijn5ahnskq3m1f65/lesonisonelisegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5elre5mg2oraeplalvnrcodsk1/70277398011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lbpuje4hhll0uodi3pqq15jo9/fudobalawonekoritoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE63 5004 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb9c38ad4e7f60e3d198670cb024fddf1808cf6bc793caa0c874e2b55403b1d
font_01_sfnt_off0000df9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF9B 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 965b053360d89227880637680e9160adf26b34d058d4c6d4cfe6037cd74b4075