Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a9595d9e33abd8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:04:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: f4560e06f3bc29bbe0740cdf1123f7c1 SHA-1: 7a3eadab8bcbbfbcddbc3af99fcbc6bef7c0c728 SHA-256: 3a9595d9e33abd8efaac6760114ac2af4d7d23b362a8fac77b75395033fe2358
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4adb58ae4483fd2676883e67392906c/xifogowujor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21929675729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5a4e2845d---93786356437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/21099217975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/5645057032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/56310081530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmsenior.org/file/files/34208514054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfidej6jeps8g9o2u3g4v2urp8/77294064711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f8759db612---81532444479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895b4a0e93a---51247920850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/29711826191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valdhans.cz/userfiles/file/46201108451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequoia60.com/clients/875776/File/kupexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://famecosmica.it/file/jukajinul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/posexonijilotanasewunox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvi44q15hi3g2br7le7kh1gni1/75331230552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniuniversity.in/ci/userfiles/files/91095206431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66415740941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/wadutenigev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077af01768ef---tapalojepopobadinurafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timecraftz.com/userfiles/file/84076097830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beverleyannes.net/home/beverley/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80818485077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7d6b721a930b21099d9cd2b4c5d91eb/15473452534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobmedia.hu/include/84259497693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=dough+mixer+repair+manualPDF 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_off0000eee7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE7 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 9521a9eb266002ba561f1c9a5fbbbe734d17cc3ef23b6e43a2467eda193d1479
font_01_sfnt_off000106f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F0 18036 bytes
SHA-256: ce26a79f61804a4d972fe8b7b947f454ed237ac3ce8b65667b9068d85917d764
font_02_sfnt_off0001353f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1353F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1