Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3016b05eaa53a597…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-10-02 10:13:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b7eaea7fb35d2366e3b2d6181e61b101 SHA-1: 767ad4390fd82098e69dd518901d98271de53e8a SHA-256: 3016b05eaa53a5974ef00b74866313f60c15c88843732205e2b6e2900ea3b8a4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains, likely intended to lure users to malicious content. The file's structure and the nature of the embedded links suggest a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28323a9f0cfcab99cb3e2907035d5720/78540336463.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161448767c5944---zabepofaretoda.pdf
    • http://hidropro.hu/upload/27197952873.pdf
    • https://produktybhp.pl/pliki_user/File/21390867583.pdf
    • http://harnettcountyhba.com/userfiles/file/60619591059.pdf
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/morori.pdf
    • http://2017.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/514367231.pdf
    • https://gmt-tw.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/zinofefepenom.pdf
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/93984219767.pdf
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155c1c2d73a1---59685889050.pdf
    • http://amghanoi.com/images/ckeditor/files/gozuzaxenapada.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaaaadfwa5aftjhxrkcrg8iwc.xn--p1ai/pict/file/51996260702.pdf
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xumisuxisulibumiza.pdf
    • https://cnn-logistics.com/asset/files/64477123086.pdf
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/082026106841.pdf
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/70239171770.pdf
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/duputupejavizadipe.pdf
    • https://skopjemuzikon.pmgrecordings.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezeluvugigulo.pdf
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/35041920986.pdf
    • https://brincandoeaprendendo.com/fotosempresa/files/38125048153.pdf
    • http://sbsinternationalschool.org/userfiles/file/jevenerenezok.pdf
    • http://firesecurity.sk/userfiles/file/fotapenirigiridun.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=confucianism+about+self
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b571.bin
0904b49f85b1715c0e9500fb90803c59c317b04dd85b612bbbdbadbe72215d7a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB571 10668 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdf5.bin
d27a3f2c115e6f09fda641b64aebbc70364b7e3db22ad26c61068e59bd56cb18
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDF5 19328 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001000b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1000B 16792 bytes