Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3204375d66de30fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 20:21:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: fb4d60190bda4fc3d15948b8bdb0b6f2 SHA-1: 78164db701ab28314046190dea2716e06395d823 SHA-256: 3204375d66de30fb3c74438bfdaa83e301400ccef502c02584f41f296cf6298d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of multiple compromised host links and the use of UTM parameters in some URLs further support a phishing or malicious redirection scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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 https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/pofevaximewaxovok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ffa6f2ddf---morotebobotivikik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f2ca017cdd29ea4611cad222e8d9866/18592254816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/sodisuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94194e803f550f822feaf047c41582a8/lajamugikusukawekokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a440f2a75e9cae08b7183e0bfebcb738/barokadufudabiginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/purafumixipibebawumebalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c12b7d701---fefubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d311155ba---93832829515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a9a161d371535796f1f08fd7cc336ef/nisizilupuzolapotes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/64070959381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/453dc3ddf2c17fe6019c194984e37a59/pefojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/bepesobalepemupugidap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/42607611770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dcda589ab1---lunug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722c923c052---21556395996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c71386e91d0---24995187253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d6640d1d120a7b3a6ba4cbc7af3de3b/98277935020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventcompany.org/clients/e/e3/e30ef11cf4efe639fe6592aa37b9cb94/File/84883068057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/domifulibutisati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b45d445fe5614e6dbf4e8f720e629fc0/46042165872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drshapard.com/clients/73598/File/61247854623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+drop+items+in+oblivion+pcPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f52a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF52A 16100 bytes
SHA-256: 6b54a3f50d1a413a5c8c0ed289a9c866e37e8bd73df0b162fe7132700ce54c18
font_01_sfnt_off00010a6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A6D 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 9feea13fa10df111716ad58698261593a86cd74ae28bca65c8050365147c14e8
font_02_sfnt_off0001230a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1230A 17420 bytes
SHA-256: a3a5bccaa859ac986295b2662fd7c5536866e65588e649ab9967abf52b296062
font_03_sfnt_off00015106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15106 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1