Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3224b05a33d5b61e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:08:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 22e54799fb88e8d9c1685f21c01bf960 SHA-1: 4152d4965662e1151ad5255d0a4eace3864eae58 SHA-256: 3224b05a33d5b61ee6f0cfd151f2859024fb69628821deebff185628e3cef134
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 websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports the nature of the document as a deceptive link collection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comparatives+and+superlatives+of+adjectives PDF link annotation
    • http://cerezolorente.com/files/cerezolorente/_repo/file/jiwexeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/dazokatoleririludiganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb39b65d8f7---nugatatujipere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/bupedefizexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/30268510640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/35865429161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/ginavip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/13182549332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/67834660972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8918e0419---wurenipubapep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905c69d44ba---49654190846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f335413f8d---xatazidigolodabifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grancom.by/upload/docs/70462563032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/dagiduwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/30813977553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adae4d7fce1---mozopeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609832d9e927d---4346908764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spcinternational.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giwevob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd1287bf3a4---xijuwunibepetamawirepuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.com/uploadfile/1621405790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edff513cc87---92508590630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078707595df6---morevugotofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef6e21e834---71021588724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/45284484771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcotoe9ib5eqp58d9ae8pvrnce/jipomapax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c8a808219---rakikalabozoforex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e8e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E9 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 0215a18e62846ad63959e86316797e488fe6cfa31272bb017edb31d361f6a632
font_01_sfnt_off000102cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102CB 18048 bytes
SHA-256: 6fdc37aa500dfa2b5e542ed481215bcdfc51d2a97ae265c50bab4f4a5c4502cc
font_02_sfnt_off0001304b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1304B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1