Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db3eda1bb27e0bcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 21:27:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: fd7b79e5b3ff5ffa78a4b6f21293578b SHA-1: d3c829562f1b0c812b234c46fc4eb1d474597da3 SHA-256: db3eda1bb27e0bcc9c607f9b43fd2b20aeee777a95b1b54771655e3c4a46f82b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate that the document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

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 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://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19e1d6f5d1576446a2e5612f49a7f954/23384450627.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40a972a00fbb275371529d3b69f69418/nogusixunaluwokilipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-14/20210614105213119597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/lenuwepuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4d2f97f70---92313875405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a896869d4f8---baxokezupukikemeraxinefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ab599bf6f---22754311105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solartgaleria.hu/images/file/19547949603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/56382313467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/6979328051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dbdf50bb32fa1fe8715a3324a921f5b/mefufotezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67bdfdfe83---pegumopab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1855528502cdd638d3bcefffc3b6451e/55952929308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18ba9e35e48057556b7cd07464eb1775/35443989745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607685717f042---sagojojegodadovozasaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a444b8e9aca---gegidikivigonexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7c516fa070b7e54102b5286afc85e8a/tezifapuxurilin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbe5e69f69---zebosokufanumojol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fecc33cd61---83308603961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/wewidezanarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/78191820748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1105cfc3f223f3f709fa5fed1604b49b/33048952369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/taposegoxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8cb1d5015---zulomerexumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d16903137---794633539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=basketball+drills+with+cones+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_off0000e6df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DF 17532 bytes
SHA-256: 0367b2baeeb3c3e579462c48668f0a7d7045fb5f421dd61744f9d274a73bfcab
font_01_sfnt_off00011506.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11506 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 8b94a13ad014258e762b5c95799b49ad0472b83d9605f919347911a5e2493032
font_02_sfnt_off00012eb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1