Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd3553fb4ed32ed5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

197.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:17:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 74ff5ae649e0bf5628a31ec3f4b8fcaa SHA-1: 5f9f0a4f7997d3e7ef20773796483ab40b3e9ccd SHA-256: fd3553fb4ed32ed55728d98f5fa6824e1cacc7366e05cae7f7a88940e62b746d
206 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains multiple links to compromised WordPress installations and SEO redirectors, indicating an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to execute further payloads. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8931

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=biblical+prophecies+that+have+been+fulfilled PDF link annotation
    • http://constantcontinuity.com/membership/data//files/68857320602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/99335547901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcd87dd171---96518311222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56c5a94ffb---75562459816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalyanestate.com/userfiles/file/4291669908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwilldoit.ru/uploads/files/files/87648702532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/bunolilinebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc27b3fb72---38387399128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f82641e2c9---9454565087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/94896684705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinesacredshakti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8012d308f98ffdc3206966cfe0adde55/sonulilusameli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/pepazagavilobur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.eu/files/file/nufufatajomakejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/68315975320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5f5910e3e7---jirorazuxapixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096fbe0d01de---rafafaromusotaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8ptegnuur5th129oln9m3u8ng/58418424226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6954c8c849aed61d43b1d9ec64f7b35f/74615333171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/pilulijinigunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f482ce1cd67fb45440b668775f5aaae/sobigawujarowuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12891417865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/fazoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69cf578a540ee6ae4710ca8b2e6ec611/wubuwoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ltoatku0mav56uov3j932as3/neriguzerupozon.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0002792e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2792E 11076 bytes
SHA-256: f048f145c887ff27a74e3c04c555448e16e510b63dbd26a693d3cff10cef175a
font_01_sfnt_off000292c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x292C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0002aada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2AADA 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 2ec76b1627c97099bfde58512c085895a8e710d0faa2f343e078b860e438a65b
font_03_sfnt_off0002c978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C978 23964 bytes
SHA-256: 3a82003d5d1623d0df161e2bf31fe752b08ffe86bb3a057d2070d072747a9d24