Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a2f713a02c0a27b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-17 03:37:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: c2e7b843362e66a5c5ca812af1bb7549 SHA-1: 1a4247798d23a32232625b91c99b1538a93df37a SHA-256: 3a2f713a02c0a27bb275f55afb545cedfc7eaccfcc2d011cb3ec7109794b58ff
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious or deceptive content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cbc44a969d0f3500f0bf359b6a8cbb2/didibanilogo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/gulivikaweli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89d379e1bf986dfff30f5c77e8274eb6/48009571754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfad278b8dd---22953211221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/84593219908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/9495869209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b9a0c9c53---gamufabowazodufegaveser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ//file/21880064222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxsolar.com/d/files/57059994957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/531c3dee47f45d6c6729d869840d0a67/kujiwisinakude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72b9729e1237ddb0026bf253367bcd49/mavusejusupoguxaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16079a409c62ad---60612444898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49ec2bf15f---57072463114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105211413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/fikakovajusawado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/wexabafumitiremo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dccabeda2---10274691833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df3ea930db---36210652892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083946e107b4---falosovufigesatopuxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fd7fe5def---nimesoniwiluvexumakuxopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevennews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kumugopalosimerel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d456b832c7---32088679061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkyangmei.com/uploadfile/file/2021062806061773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b60b07b73---puzusurujigewixagedoruwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=high+protein+sources+for+vegetariansPDF 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_off0000ecc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104D6 16984 bytes
SHA-256: e3f77d77d1a1b125063800a62a2aa071ca02d682055f4d53f47bd8e1008d49c6
font_02_sfnt_off000130ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130EF 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 70f1e9329022288661daac453a8114bb4dd9c7e5b972ad8680f41bd8ac1c54ca