Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3253410796d492c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 02:10:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9105a0de7da180e71af0f6e9d0122c8f SHA-1: 3a911e3ab0b501d536e11f081fa849a55ec33713 SHA-256: 3253410796d492c3be0760d6634c92b9872e2afcac20c3ab76e86ed59929ac7a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The 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 potentially compromised websites or phishing lures. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to distribute traffic or mask the true destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tire+replacement+mileage
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9426097f1---72960751941.pdf
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021062805105673499.pdf
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd98a96684bcf6b651bf8317c86a1431/57553845264.pdf
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/majazifin.pdf
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/27160262.pdf
    • http://wsystem.sk/userfiles/files/juzugononoverowak.pdf
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/703bf6a5ab4659a4f60eeb22f77fa987/nunefawuwivaremovedaz.pdf
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c37588081---bokuzosapuvemazobadefomo.pdf
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc080dcc8f4---83070432026.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b38ee19b4---9023759331.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607214251e06c---wulin.pdf
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/makexoxovavovanasuz.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beec51dada7---zigemipirusepozegegafoxa.pdf
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d53f286440e0942b9115d4c561282b4c/82470422945.pdf
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/3060423436.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25da20facb9987751c7c17377db15937/52570802626.pdf
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4efb3029e9c709ed484591de4190acfb/kaneminanivupega.pdf
    • http://johnsonsdynastyincfamilyassociation.com/clients/10108/File/19775287645.pdf
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4757c4adb493ec89d57b2404fb94f490/30350479416.pdf
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050704000073499.pdf
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/86064929306.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb8011c3e1---90976677360.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c740a4877b---64334102508.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f66bfda294---gikog.pdf
    • 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_off0000f397.bin
381c8a0fe5e05c87e81b0a7804723506433f7477be83ca05e100ed0b9c7447ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF397 17208 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012049.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12049 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013860.bin
ca1ce79d993329a977c34794b9a32b3868e1e6f85797bc9fd90dbb0d416a087e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13860 10392 bytes