Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3324a151cec6443c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:52:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 188d6d48eba3ac73cffd576a40611383 SHA-1: 898c9788a33512681013b7b2181141b8d3a818d7 SHA-256: 3324a151cec6443c6c373031fa230f7521ef0665b2952a0a97255f0eed25d51c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is a phishing or trojan PDF. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, indicating a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=decent+dressing+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r7vdnqrgor54qncr9v3vor8l3a/43902035590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/26204678918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents/files/pafimojupojixijebukelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9760defacba10c40f467f3393a975f44/74116642790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p74vnchles49hr7rhs93rk71pt/7793733755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3ad30cde892ed436c87798990f8724e/rajiponigunip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811c8b92263729bfee02fda7d335db9c/10807555681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroquimicadistribucion.com/zabaleta/data/imagenes_contenidos/file/xodopixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/gifafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/88459925029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/45831148317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/posilitimolimoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b181b37561a---pukuwelemezisoniwepefiwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodfortune.hk/UpLoadFile/file///41762381002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-foundry.net/d/files/bomijalugulusoravetasupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/56297467958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/punibefuvaveso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8064f5434490672f3bfed807b366b535/96808569646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/13687773212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b574202091---8475844739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dad0d9a25a---navaxujipeziwolegaxonadox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/nuzokimekipowirijubozuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8c91d2875e---53243255062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741d4e5dde3---luwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/64146611640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15cbbde263---bezuwebozul.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_off0000e5ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5AB 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 60b7acb69e4401cbbb274c4251991879663508a39bb8efd3d7def12eb26ba982
font_01_sfnt_off0001148f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ca6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CA6 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 41dcfdbdf2c2ff46a0298581cb7a1a2a29fdd2aa879ab7e88b71c4096ce9b012