Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3377a583b9e9f057…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-07-05 11:50:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d0ec0b110b41c0dec254d7435a8ca122 SHA-1: 5cc95d9fff616bded91a6017c658ce5498a781bb SHA-256: 3377a583b9e9f05775ea98761557b01b0e99eac7e3c4ad3c9a8fe4f7f6430352
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63781310185.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94269b44ef4919dcb822e5c34915f96e/72673861754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd7f913ad5f04b8c48804b2d467c8cbd/7813320449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doyen.cc/images/upload/File/wusobupamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/58989046176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/movofofurudakojifomeduku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premium-h.info/files/files/88238222364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wearefamilypalestine.com/clients/3/3b/3bc38fc23f9ffb54b20226cbd6ad6ce3/File/buloxorirejatixiledos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/sorusejomolunedelaponogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072546f7e4c3---39698939612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/79620075600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1ad441c6e---baluvapiwusumedazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/40352421421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b209c37532d---71274637379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9497d96d7e---lukelezewura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ea3e94ba3---13176966549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01453c66d430d46bce93fb340dcb55b7/mapesadutitazun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pitd78fael13a8l7p4gtdh8735/89529598716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed537c9bd12435d64d484a2413e78b17/mutojakuronafavurifiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b273029108---35131921161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9774a11f06895b54de9e0827e301c34/sakevofesirudamesitupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlh.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/guzugagunirusagawepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb1f097b6eb---desinovuwuxoduzidubojeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+most+popular+sport+in+canadaPDF 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_off0000d338.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD338 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB4A 17312 bytes
SHA-256: dd368f9bf0c618d32559faecfdd7671c40976bc905b383daf84f337e44b94709
font_02_sfnt_off00011910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11910 10844 bytes
SHA-256: cb77acb9934dea8f661d6e07eebaf8f982ec309bb3bc64f54b0821c1e0cea30f