Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3088b17a10f76778…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 10:05:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f7a8dda4a1dcf2fb91d540c69e74ebc4 SHA-1: 6732fb4738ea5334d5684d82d470df8333977cdb SHA-256: 3088b17a10f76778af38e5dd309279f5a71c400cc9a2c010b10e477b663d97c8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing campaign aiming to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///fitanisofow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uh4gesipjac6rlub4iqmgb7ind/74919822505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918ada17de3---xenalonokumeduvikano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/suh5vkacqstdtq6s9pli3lrh1j/noxoxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4821394a5---70619848998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipforiraq.com/userfiles/files/99096501276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varovinojetebetavubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/rodizavagumuropit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ba5ea8a12f9ddfcc1e5ffcffb2e7851/67443538216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/rilapujitaxojilexusilamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mengnuanua.com/app/webroot/files/files/wajosutepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/gedepugewunan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/tujowikugadotube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fde598a929---lapoxamoxotuluvete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/343ab4bd29f6f074313e0dbcdf1863d0/82641699704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa65c43f3e---berasixijobujit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transporteslaplata.com/imagenes_web/file/90055261098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zakadujotixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/od7g5qiunnsvldrj945cbbb416/robuxogatawegakepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/12199538022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a4646f001---gimozowawigexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtrade.gr/userfiles_lybo/file/39854194315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/gasikuxeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnce2n4jq00fmvvpng7a604jcu/birelubijofifalovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210428043203166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=manual+de+diagnosticos+de+enfermeria+judith+m.+wilkinson+pdf+gratisPDF 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_off0000efcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E4 11536 bytes
SHA-256: 0ead5823541e05ef18409cb0c3b8376527b228109fa6f0344a2f535e69a41ab5
font_02_sfnt_off000122d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D7 20368 bytes
SHA-256: 399cf9471d6875f14f5148793dba4b231b23c6ce4b9133a0589ca49aac252052