Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3217b527d4edd853…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 19:56:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fc9a569f321974448ffaf546a1526ee7 SHA-1: 36f490a90ae31e52589a8afd35cfc91490885f51 SHA-256: 3217b527d4edd8530bf065e07a74859d9e65bacf6ef0ed494b856b98fe3c88bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and ML classifiers indicated maliciousness. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

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://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/dofideduz.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada9bd76ef8---sezuzenevine.pdf
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bdd65a5004a106520629e144b6974b7/9867546911.pdf
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f3e7b31ae65e7b19a0163b473e09673/40513201278.pdf
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/92838935014.pdf
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/59503421789.pdf
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b2b19844a---tomobovox.pdf
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/71636977687.pdf
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/difutalawuruxelakeguwofif.pdf
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609673e0cb15d---73615232381.pdf
    • https://stmpallet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fonurevizebugixufi.pdf
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3g1t1pee39m3d9aku53lqt0i9v/97458669048.pdf
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/vodorosugobudu.pdf
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/50118026168.pdf
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210604094626.pdf
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kr63rn1j8f5armk46ia7023mn3/dedikifulapegifide.pdf
    • https://vieclamkinhdoanh247.com/upload/files/pumubeniwa.pdf
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8364f4eaaf231f0c4437dc48a1a204/65154764814.pdf
    • http://mldinsaat.com/image/files/94255892956.pdf
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/nomakamejik.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6c4eb3e47---99944788141.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab364d155c0---namezobubow.pdf
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f1207cd0b---tofokanufuwibubam.pdf
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93223p7nnh5pfu8e4cpgctk9nn/15834873723.pdf
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3342eb829f42f6eafadf56690d5055c0/90699713866.pdf
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14dcab3574---79949607928.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=subset+command+in+r
    • 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_off0000c19d.bin
2f8ad00d61a87fcfeaf2ffb4c43d05fc06872f85ef5a6eac5b28386a9dc25e09
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC19D 16888 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eddb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000105f2.bin
481a170feba0e4b2045f31ec3a8478766ef0783793953e9af56099d1d617778a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F2 10800 bytes