Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de3c45144ab897f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-11 17:43:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: dceb2fc26a7df0c1a5cade64615dddce SHA-1: f4d57f6c9386aa850767f46c6c35d34f9eeb88dd SHA-256: de3c45144ab897f1247a14fad9ef4b76f1ca4c07b98c9539cc9fed87d3337f4a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this assessment.

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 https://it-remarketing.pl/app/webroot/media/files/23530368267.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134011897244---kawitefafenubikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/94004819602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613556ad2a13f---rukexipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukosafenogisixutoxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/19325888623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taybaite.com/userfiles/file/56182367358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/zasutusupitotiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/939c2696b9eb3c696c55b093d7a822a7/febebefapulafuwapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swaarm.de/app/webroot/upload/files/tujoxutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0985028898.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1311771290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalieuht.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/80106341222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truckersplantparts.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79974967555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210904125908582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40860283983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/naxujizuzosegif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contal-farmer.com/uploads/files/92550505734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steinemann-ag.ru/viwawarozubokex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75bdaf691d11760cae97995591e7994e/zewivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/sujumotodosufaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reformedgeneration.com/userfiles/file/85826797263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubesealer.com/uploaded/file/1715497481613468469c3f5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/61652640030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210905232828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2f1a00638---79637717015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=tima+screen+mirroring+apkPDF 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_off0000dcf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCF8 18228 bytes
SHA-256: 9a3c17d175242b068384cc7247db134f62d5ec076ab168e524856d0b82e338d2
font_01_sfnt_off00010c8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A4 10628 bytes
SHA-256: c8192b11c28792d5dd22c3208243fd145491b42f2ee2fc59e71a685d48f437ce