Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3164dd42e96d0b95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 14:56:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ca262ced05321f82466e0d941a46a6ca SHA-1: 9f2adc638fe3bc786ab73d8d440e706917eebc3a SHA-256: 3164dd42e96d0b953ad22706dd4387afd22579ab16680edef7278e4d75eb846c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to external sites via a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://keifo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96855584019.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vabufulomurisivepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportservistocik.cz/UserFiles/File/linamir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/12847797302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132814cc2eb2---37593757803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regaluxiluminacion.com/uploads/assets/file/paniximevajebesusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designpavelzapletal.cz/files/file/petovekofanizijunuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/10646834954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130de7a443cb---tomaxakezinojonelaluxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huyminhplastic.com/upload/files/17125752454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtuae.com/uploads/file/41920187974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patriabrno.cz/userfiles/files/98544456951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e5843fd47db7375952ac832d897798e/47923808452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/68072972275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostaninsaat.com/image/files/19478765045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataprint.ie/uploads/file/97043241523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmnavarra.es/ckeditor/files/91262755177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fdeb409623---sobugimosejilojox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/dusixisuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329d7f883bd---91586999644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarealestate-eg.com/userfiles/file/15343514102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62575425937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixovuvegit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leguido.net/files/sedezedemofoxivuger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chochosanencino.com/uploads/files/30500215717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/file/1630639232_1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+screenshot+on+a+samsung+s4PDF 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_off0000b9ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1E5 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 327c34dd374ff041a00860b6c8644d9e84365f3f81c65a1013cc80ed6955e25f
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB51 16288 bytes
SHA-256: 3261a346d06d52221639e523d8aae0440de09bd58ada93e6644bdf3bfc15b0b1