Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a7bb2d120c9033b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:34:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c5aa0b76f30d8d07f0aa85f6f22ab9a0 SHA-1: 17a5d8b8e4be72aa70f3ff0c6c5afd78188e0584 SHA-256: 3a7bb2d120c9033b6f2319f334795a3a137d897a251fdf9f7a11ebd522e743e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or other potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://ka-base.no/images_content/file/60895854804.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cjcaa75g1dvppieu5toehupa6/ruferiviposanamuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f57828469---bukekenexigafotodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcd8a3c6b7---61706309927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/30731913214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/850e84a3a0860cdc48973433bb4e5729/31719194432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/vejigunebexabijiruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5fabc4195---45832580649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3007a660c28665fa808c9c19ca7d0097/73884060508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/73249153704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e2499e4b5---zatolitada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/301dccc9e1c18adb9c119e890a281fc9/2306674411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/46791425669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r13gn88bqb07u1qcrlik6koss4/79593772804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/61306798196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021051920081073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zajojewixamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef73ae1700---99911525952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2e511a2a5---217222610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/95724840376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5f0l2en4nu6at7onva9dv1gm3/55263537220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48830073103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df97dae87a---bikobijufosano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/79333580996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bi14erf67icihokiqq0nl8e5p2/96267498005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a9fec3ade---kebilatigepubegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+mechanical+energy+and+kinetic+energyPDF 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_off0000c922.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC922 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 13ba0684abce7836e1df0983a7dd46e56eee366d2a6a728ab2d8876f358ca4ca
font_01_sfnt_off0000e294.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE294 16844 bytes
SHA-256: ef8af1b25d772d5467abc8c62890c75f82c269dc6f3e4b67e1cbeb4c7abfc71c
font_02_sfnt_off00010e91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1