Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a048eec33ead149…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:47:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ab39a039bd1d226a46d478f630c3fc70 SHA-1: 25060bdd6d54c6dbf4bf445bc1c65247a4e01307 SHA-256: 3a048eec33ead1495eb9f3f4b748e7dd0250ee98c619ab253a93b1c172a80dfd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting domains. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware delivery, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=facts+about+the+bible+pdf
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uasuaqfpevqd7horrbp6nrqe8f/jolavuwatubujuzokirome.pdf
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/kekavinupekow.pdf
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/61293246871.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5772dce06---32781764804.pdf
    • http://gyobel.itpublic/file/72444263379.pdf
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/18231506694.pdf
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/zonarilezerenox.pdf
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcb4ade1e1---jegaxakifex.pdf
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62340784610.pdf
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f76b5bb8bb---61844036622.pdf
    • http://noithatachau.vn/webroot/img/files/8950334280.pdf
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sumaligifunililane.pdf
    • http://sonkertrail.org/clients/9/92/9260a3c387aed4615f72c72c3a1da295/File/vusanag.pdf
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/21842194222.pdf
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e21ed3d72fcf4874a266d93069706fa/nedinomibega.pdf
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/96575143705.pdf
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7sh67ecb1cvdekfp36s2c18rt6/89979814645.pdf
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85c344d97bc8eb9a833888b8fa885001/roronitugugifufap.pdf
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/953a4e9e77a72c6fb65b0f46ea6fff24/92246394538.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc0c7228fc---pikewenoxozojadu.pdf
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fp5uj2rp622v2evfmjer2i2201/90209588565.pdf
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n72ugnrctrobdellbbbb6u6edp/tenogupedisasif.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b670.bin
d9044dd6462d45d61cdd938e419ff32abfa0863b69a7453970c9d610d5825f97
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB670 15512 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000de7c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE7C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f693.bin
4f2aae1660bf1fc52598b50476b1ae511076ed361465afb9932af65d3451f179
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF693 10728 bytes