Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a2e9c1baec8f7b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 11:54:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fec29e3b86dee6700c537ccc06604a64 SHA-1: 55b9bdbee2b8b33571b405bc01ea52ad097f99f4 SHA-256: 3a2e9c1baec8f7b1da7139d1ea56a17051448f3333ec14720fd42266f833b02a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal the PDF functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/gixulej.pdf
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/xawepuropa.pdf
    • https://rinducm1.com/contents//files/20988288656.pdf
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0fc89da035---18980554622.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609235a743fca---migusanibapilifusuzobi.pdf
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/welulirofomatabiwo.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtirlddv70jige1m7c3o1ak8gt/zujuxomuwudekogeka.pdf
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7298629262.pdf
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76f62df37c3996d49e9ca34a03754c3d/subimazafasata.pdf
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbefab11378---82163875952.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607880bc09adc---xuleke.pdf
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3nrgmcasutlre9dao64tnkf8o/73928210616.pdf
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c6f770306---jesibamesexevuvol.pdf
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/zapunewepetunewozebisemes.pdf
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfd3ecf387b581acb09961bdb6326722/43975967781.pdf
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/tubuzulet.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9446cb96dc033c1f2f28ec527c1c07df/fuvedigibutezo.pdf
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c8c6081bd---bawepubimegodemuvexip.pdf
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/turidegegizedanalide.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c2b8eee69---senubemizubesikeroxon.pdf
    • https://adtw1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20397158709.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=start+a+hedge+fund+now+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_off0000de36.bin
2635091ea22046f9ead2e0e3c68453841cfea254639097e723de990d75890bc0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE36 10732 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6b1.bin
6f6fb5a3e39cdca66548ed3ac88fc06313e8b123b1b0b269835cbfc947116095
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6B1 16324 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001210d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1210D 16792 bytes