Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3859661d52ebe622…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:59:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b44b3024c86a53d7b0c87d53d8973c73 SHA-1: 2c006111234ba51796ab2389156c5516496663bf SHA-256: 3859661d52ebe622424de15469bf0b1ff125d81141b28a10980a3a82d8b82a20
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that has been flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM firings strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e18a167e6bb---61986591657.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/029944366e54d97ebb5b0c50ea082bb1/kidugutumerenodim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clevio.biz/fckUpload/file/17042352696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrostroi-proekt.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nenibud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05a18d9ac74322c3f67b5861e1f5976e/depelexogepudovasawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee1b01b079---91066857002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d50b567005---vibojafuwetivubesofakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/xokonumorikumisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotipaldo.com/userfiles/files/nusefubivabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23qhkcflar238o50qc05ck55jb/45923160936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/boguwinetelojikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82570e794c1c93f1e0d055ed8c902bb9/toxupijepetisivaxaludedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/65939616209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosiciliani.eu/userfiles/files/89835966487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/UserFiles/files/nelafukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161057b0545748---bajasosiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607403b46cf79---51632374606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/nadiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e77174f603---43786076541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/33502464595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/42478128320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ropaalmayoreo.com/images/userfiles/file/xepetuvabugifafiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc6f2b6e935---jadikujomivasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/42346229263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luisacortesearchitetto.it/userfiles/files/fimufumidexok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/46762849341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=psicoterapia+infantil+asistida+por+animales+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_off00010417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10417 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2E 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 7b5c77f19e900ee5928bf07edbcbeba9e0becdf39c6a2918a2df347156eb5689
font_02_sfnt_off000134f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134F7 19620 bytes
SHA-256: 01c35b5d634515bf5a6af456dada0a4a60aaa9caa96cded5bd867f8998825c90