Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3393891c165a9af1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 07:27:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0bce0351b34726556a3726017012d687 SHA-1: cf302ae9688c8a7003e567a1c68e8f20f56e2c55 SHA-256: 3393891c165a9af11ce8f2160ec94dfcb3115932e8a739105872825e0ee9f2d9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of link farms designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or directing users to malicious content. The presence of compromised CMS upload links further supports this, suggesting an attempt to leverage legitimate but compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/13723051147.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b83ad5ab5bcbac2910e93f733464356/buvakitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mycoapaisyl.com/webimages/files/rerutim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/jesujirakinexex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b2de46cb9---22692828991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suksesunited.com/contents/files/60759875140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jungam21.com/upfiles/file/1631305197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionriverside.cz/files/file/75130690318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilogupojibunozaluto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b100db6175---xagerifuxapumibisukozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjdfszwy.com/filespath/files/20210911050909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phatgiaolongan.com/upload/ckupload/files/zigodurazakasarisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pallenberg-busreisen.de/uploads/files/movavixiwavapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiga.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37712581241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zadopepekojironar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anhhuynoithat.com/asset/files/jekibapobazinulibikor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adrfarysz.pl/userfiles/file/98103212544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutot99.com/webroot/img/files/10286322528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613990f85e86f---ragekajidetusifeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runwellconsulting.eu/file/file/15068531845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150001.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210911041524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgprojekt.pl/Upload/file/34334879267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiansabroad.uk/userfiles/file/gajuwawofololiranu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38586355463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ls12368.com/userfiles/file/voliger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texasbordervolunteers.org/userfiles/file/23594146503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=rad+studio+android+tutorialPDF 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_off0000d740.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD740 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 995c5f02118665e0e037ff52433d41776cc98f0384eb3c8e3dabbff87f906668
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE5D 21276 bytes
SHA-256: 040892f5246ea0a06de39f3e80bfab8240c51af042efe2a27d6ab49e1ac16fb5
font_02_sfnt_off00012706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12706 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1