Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3213578e20e1ce72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 05:29:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ba95c2ff3708913e5f7ab998ea1d699d SHA-1: b7525a4b892f07932acf0451f7fff5f5a550077c SHA-256: 3213578e20e1ce72978907e807615d3b63e3f0fbc09452d61e6c3b4e4c07451c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/16760967922.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kanalizace-ul.cz/userfiles/file/pelusomolowupomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ff54c37d3072cfb7bb6f84243df3581/21779327491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/rijidugujalarom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30591833395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmnavarra.es/ckeditor/files/kebemuwuvale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skomi.ru/img/files/file/6431381852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhymwz.com/upfile/file/jadajufuzakinokogotenige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajkolandia-leszno.pl/userfiles/file/946458396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truck-transport.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68320881233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fermobkorea.com/userfiles/file/20210905210144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/38230724880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-wd.holcom.vn/webroot/img/files/mazebuxivegaloniwisivaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/39978075123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/zodemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxasadaduvefukasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lulipevovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/48993843618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motty-etai-sharon.com/files/files/gugomefavarisebile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/80006774465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/41134305148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/56458488540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c1cd5aa9ae4caec8f8a5e3f55a1b8d/susulasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giprozdraw.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/majemivilumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/91415174944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/79684151380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df43f145a0---nutedifevagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=best+anime+dating+games+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e6b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B3 17708 bytes
SHA-256: 181b538d41f10565397147409ca8332afc8db4f6d3476cc1f3f6f439ce41774b
font_01_sfnt_off0001149a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149A 10704 bytes
SHA-256: d0d6ce10b5481e3900901a9748f23216cd19439905b5357ebd05cb9518619d9a
font_02_sfnt_off00012cfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1