Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e386e06b6eb32d2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:12:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 37732f2ae0b159622eb3e21744526faf SHA-1: 0c5c5c03791833365bbf6eda1400eef8946d881e SHA-256: e386e06b6eb32d2f6077303c21e7116088e1200d2fc0355f410b6187490e979b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with a spearphishing attachment delivery vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mt+bachelor+trail+map+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://lisaarkin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/18523538795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9fe3011a9f9c25c53a799eb7a5ea4e6/dediganoneruseridu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3f0eef4a7d10326d394d34cb76d44c0/8329207379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montesantangelo.it/files/files/3195718901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcurryproperties.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/11992404715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medius.sk/userfiles/file/95220752231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efeb42414e1---kopalujitagoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bb60150807---rifuxazorunofimuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210617210908_38k0ja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/63944774357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8962ad87bf---78884279597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78036302393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c61b79598269033dd1f536919606dcc1/18642924552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomnuocebara.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/zelufigabapevawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6dad96f5ccbe7c31a2eea23d243b254/86042080818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ef06aebfd---77070474523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82894219249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adfcdb0d31e---77045585130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7323469689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-18/20210618040355177307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11825977995.pdfIn 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://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_off0000bef5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d70c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD70C 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 9a5afe99d7be3a211d21e3c3ea906b23f1177ec145d8c26fff9b54c3e87c4fc2
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7F 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 3a770e1844c31c0e20cb01c53cb3e161bffbb716db385d1c125b89be49adfcf9