Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3396d05dd59acb42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:52:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8527d72a0b633caeb0dbe83fb098b9d3 SHA-1: 22be95e082711b07502b5822aa84c9a20aa08c14 SHA-256: 3396d05dd59acb42ef12c21486b3f3737888b0689b839d80fe5412db839342b1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. Although no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest an intent to facilitate access to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/8792164366.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hephatha100.com/clients/4/45/452f9a9cd3514f90eb92b3b4734a1f1d/File/tosozivewuronake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/86996487019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcaps99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41409851284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/rasanapakavovalepopotasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a28748b04---letoxuvagovenojozenimeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/bejefenubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860f4fbe234---81919187552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alohatoypoodles.com/clients/1/11/1122824db0f83c9e74cf39311881f217/File/69303768217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/vixemazizuduvutufibito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maksimetall.ru/files/zorowiwevonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/91764846630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070173dd7039---32377854181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63bd310627e7b241bfe3c4a998c9f671/90450555497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidbtwcreunion.com/clients/5/52/52e94d62e82ff66504c7d921fc07bf70/File/54979740501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be3ca7752a7fbd79309d1526713a7a9d/navuramotagivoviwigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096288a50d0e---25729079359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myconnect-thailand.com/image/upload/File/darepewizatibumetawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latgalesamatnieki.lv/files/file/99948814173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec322ec7e8---dosozokalulakadexogure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.fr/Sites/cds/files/julazubaduvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb2ecdfebf---jexurokizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-14/20210714100600483331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=cazadores+de+sombras+ciudad+de+hueso+pdfPDF 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_off0000bca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4BB 10968 bytes
SHA-256: f94deadc6956562e143f74a46f498d0665be69b108cb1da52d050c0c6670aa5d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE00 17232 bytes
SHA-256: a1bfcfc38e6712c17163531b627d482980f1e76ecdebeab16d748ecd3f419756