Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3aeef54e2db76364…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-08-21 14:48:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3cabc9c5f0fd106973490ce2aea0224a SHA-1: bd008ba39d2b087be557d69a6d7789c90f579f8c SHA-256: 3aeef54e2db76364b84c6fd5c59fc8a79997304cf59a2bc2670e0c97bc187c24
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=study+guide+to+accompany+maternal+and+child+health+nursing+pdf
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ditefolerisajubova.pdf
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/kakalo.pdf
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goler.pdf
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc84eefc61---waworon.pdf
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43ae5d3422---37233176356.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce674dce72b---govolobidu.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b433b2d2f46---tixivubijojedadukavabow.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094954fa57fa---sapikasorid.pdf
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/jirufinifapegepavogolot.pdf
    • http://gzmingjun.com/uploadfile/files/20210814_234458.pdf
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076eb8a00113---zowojoje.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96c56ec761---tugobumulufikijaguse.pdf
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acnm9fjtu3ovibq68s01ooa7t4/22977784756.pdf
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5a4aa3d79---lavunulosalifaf.pdf
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/64599504692.pdf
    • http://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/jonosarugatozafipuxevuti.pdf
    • https://produktybhp.pl/pliki_user/File/96640187953.pdf
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202107/file/77121911405.pdf
    • http://udaybharat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bobazewomijuxor.pdf
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d9f6488566291f855a48ce9cffabfcb/xutagam.pdf
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/98949766654.pdf
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/69668014739.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_off0000b966.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB966 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d17d.bin
8dbd14ae67b5746b6535e31259d4d803cbf9d50c0e52d4525ad8340b482ffcc8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD17D 11356 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebcf.bin
6176e3c0f39c164c86d5678a8acbca8560b6e94a83264040c1a4ead20c0fd363
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCF 16440 bytes