Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3616fce5d8a61480…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-18 06:34:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dbd53a6e9ff4d1b34c38e894643c33c5 SHA-1: 9e81c2383fb5937c313d7ddb2da778b5c8c9f259 SHA-256: 3616fce5d8a614802722cf8faa0c6025e0cc9cb9a5b24f7f504b2f9868b364b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/987d753a2635f3b7c08949b56f0961cb/74522030173.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/53680632298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/74879614859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velomagazin.hu/UserFiles//file/tarixoketijipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ab1070867a1433ef1b6adccdae168ad/jejofadowufogakelovizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da59d3bf97---webanajemudopexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea48733ab1---2897977975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51cd496da22105e6521665771d6394d7/bolipagazugigovevik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f9a45e88a---76202432071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ab511a530---74829533272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d64301718---92249222624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/kovozobizifitote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8362b18ccc---88940237220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b989ad997c3---wepofetutaxovasos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3008cca26450a9691ddf1caf83bc251/gobopoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e748092e9d---kodogixadogikepumik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b8ff34e24---78848899385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc31a5e59a---jadelabuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-de-la-ferme.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42699652136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmgj82snaa6tacnpnhl4erd374/dopowasakibejugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansing.nl/userfiles/file/19987935768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russia-ex.com/67116753744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/ratuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a07fe4e2be4d0057fb0c9aed8cd0554/taramevelusesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a54a82650---48791795527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/18186498819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=wh+questions+exercises+advanced+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://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_off0000e14b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE14B 11080 bytes
SHA-256: ab0a73d68ac93d7ea1d450190637a66cfc350f4eaee4efc938677ddda5b96b12
font_01_sfnt_off0000faec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAEC 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 964f1251f853a1809f3ffd10d28f7467a8572d04e27776f08e9217cef1d2c927
font_02_sfnt_off00012807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12807 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1