Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3942cc9758f75270…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:06:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 528e105c7ba884eb4c8989040f4577a0 SHA-1: 09c3bee6dcbc48f215afe728aa2f335689b30c4a SHA-256: 3942cc9758f75270fd2741cb901236446961dc15232314ffa204b6066e42d60a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links, further reinforcing a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chloe+and+halle+grammy PDF link annotation
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1092thf2hpcbrel7i4svfr9mdq/mufikiluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088be979bb08---72322253326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a386d6c29f---murivivetolozanewob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92f76616a2b8dc244d76910c0224a93c/sumibovape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06bda511b2---lakobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/ropaxereponoxedelisimezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rominudojarimuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890ef7cc37d---79488406636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c7867b8d2963b45f7eab2ddc44294b7/53658680142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/70738685234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/21605432141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/84307017723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/17956859024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/taghit44sdf717bvocrbd8k165/divikowinupesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/vatoredam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/89407157783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs//files/67383129946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d7286db24---ditusutolakazufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezenobajixak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-25/20210825203312171997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9dc3ccb13---27874808032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodugnani.it/userfiles/files/fuzudipusamaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160974918448a9---piwulufedegutujopixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/75237375477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ded1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED1 10484 bytes
SHA-256: c1c6ffbf0e68a7842dba48909ba4c1847b68f5ab6cd37e6d87a1b19050a06884
font_01_sfnt_off0000f637.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF637 18920 bytes
SHA-256: de1747142d263869aee9608ae6d94df80329e269799fc723db9ac64cb0c58b9d
font_02_sfnt_off00012734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12734 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1