Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a1eb524e3c4e956…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:04:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: ff69bafad65188dd92275859d6c98f6e SHA-1: db74f9ddc78f90a0b172e2aa1c12cbbddc4115a7 SHA-256: 3a1eb524e3c4e9561f481b8adee3d8fc885237ab81bbe3cf2d999df98b2ecac4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the URL structure and heuristic firings are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0tc8u1e71o8mn0fat6qdhuiee0/zuvipuzama.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b102013c60a---jalekunokiwovipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uamarkets.com/images/file/42559339778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846a0e379c2---91842318508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fab40d87d---lujovilubutunopozojaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/futikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0141f2b11---25945034120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46c462d7dfe9a18d73373313dfc643e7/93357453959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/60067605341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zipuzoteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/37634140956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbpcpentecostalchurch.com/clients/65183/File/vabotaxefagepovujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakaygame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/fawiwupajovugajeziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161073074f15f1---vojolulino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836d67458b9---46951523208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/89550923020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbb10aa0f5f---24187788532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aristonails.com/articles_files/files/gujakafimesefeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/060cc1dc0c53bdb293fa4bb50c4cf84f/61940965236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upperdublin1970.com/clients/3/3b/3b2fb281f4756d03d37a29c41a8c1d95/File/70457493346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/figunarovonuxurol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5708cb5f62---69591075678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/ximajinomevalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=the+example+of+diamagnetic+substance+isPDF 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_off0000e6b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000feca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFECA 19548 bytes
SHA-256: 3022c3c6e2b6d97663397f5833f5c971cc441b4a4a23d7f75a05977dab26a8e8
font_02_sfnt_off00013177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13177 11272 bytes
SHA-256: d588cb5e38bf78625773ef7e054fd2da1f5a1011e7d10bb1816efbaf56e8ada7

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