Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3697cabee82b92d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 20:28:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 3a6cf6e197cb3b3f6e272e6bb3e77087 SHA-1: ac51b57372233363320d94ba459f4f55b4a9af35 SHA-256: 3697cabee82b92d8e316ab90ed2f818a256beafbb17b5b02bda44a89d040ffd7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple compromised links is sufficient evidence of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785c0b689c8---pumokan.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nl70m6avs9996thjlmr0bl4ha5/98617920911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/kuzazefafolukajezejefuwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/suxemipotuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/ganodoratimerepamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a4062c29d---65454701169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/petewepagaxobivajak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7ca029298d35d7aeb44787abf12e286/80605232495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/211523103365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06c1ec019c651be70b126164f1155b83/mudugor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4f74abf394---jediwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efcc1e341a---28116841381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594d05c1b6dc74b11096af19c4de09e0/22759500580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a901e621ae---99713959760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iotmufhvergoc301l9kf10gjjv/58952531499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a212a91778f---ruwegiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eae4b2b163---buramosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e127966378---23601561532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/69239638980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/11528324844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d443e37c5c---xuzukuxowinubedez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe2019a12e---xoroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d15c6e3bae---98656047734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dff1784e71---zukajoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=achieve+ielts+test+3+listening+answersPDF 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_off0000f4a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A5 17368 bytes
SHA-256: 81b5cb3d582debbdc392a7a29049376d40679a1d03183dc305b7633342573f95
font_01_sfnt_off000121f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F3 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 68c40136c6c979bd265b6447bb38c4e93446f618b3e187194959e95e445f1652
font_02_sfnt_off00013a91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1