Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3522f68bd2f32390…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:23:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b7012830c15cdcc30f194ff0620888e8 SHA-1: 110074ddacbc713e83c42fd25d734fa39bca6dfa SHA-256: 3522f68bd2f32390c40073a31052593c3c18f4a2b06b62e09847fdcf4a7ad268
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://wshs67rocks.com/clients/9/94/942520bde836a0b401740df6f3d23d35/File/10793056900.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4a1c26efa1cc09a5295d1261fac3aac/97761750952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillandcunnreunion.com/clients/864369/File/fojepimesoluzavazemob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiyaslo.com/uploads/files/45358030671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/67846679754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/vafixutaxiwuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d1d1196d6---26599378930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7c155113e6fd2a2d844cdfc3ede3749/mujebad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/70612001257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/59104902253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/kavamelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/nejurogevokumodagadamuxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160880278de2b8---xetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/kalotibaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50c987e2de64123176254d388099a632/vesaxosojome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccshecea.org/upload/files/31102624965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6f4205fdc6---vekuvomisinonutomanexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607742d1ba501---fogupakowerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/lumipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togeltop.net/contents//files/jonojavomipobudeluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/runaxizefitabibasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/mazugisogutujalavex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608976cd42bbc---68453849002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=unstable+angina+high+riskPDF 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_off0000da79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA79 16920 bytes
SHA-256: d476103208dc9072d97b70e6e77b9103617ef664d6c653c19b73c820c5148354
font_01_sfnt_off0001068b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ea2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA2 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 3faf02c411995bc3842ace6839c17127db80446cc48bfaec1db912c994b5d8e0

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