Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b1fce3e11dc16b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:00:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: aaeb93e50458c78d5d91b1616758f9a3 SHA-1: 67869c5cbe4bdfe2de0541603639f38f4d032589 SHA-256: 3b1fce3e11dc16b5e484ee676496f3dbae48795fc256d286f8c299151399e5f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to deliver malicious content or facilitate phishing, aligning with the Spearphishing Attachment technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608332aceb7dd---82322300384.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8776c380a2---12924120554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/vuneluwutonuxenetisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c526df2da0d---9490662964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca5rvtrfbgeagrn48mvhskpnrh/ferunojavititisurejemawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.com/contents/files/60235330064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7600b0fbc---45096003509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/84097106775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subarini.ro/mm/file/70264388270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agot.pl/upload/file/zaxegewalojaliwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125dd645c915---sosutip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehero88vip.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/28073544930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eh8n841gndf26cdsi68i0e5f4/siwajumijigekaruvofav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e81266b35---lijoritewalidisidekiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/5958480945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ord9on4mqcemhp2ljdv5ji0f0/77002973644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096918c86dd9---xitolodemerejijatut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089803a6e775---detisuxaraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ec8ee8999c4a1deca9017df7e13df0/bowunenasavazobejeroruvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/userfiles/files/5847895263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/rikasikoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouseofworship.com/clients/44803/File/resorafizupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/ruwezetejogife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deq7223hq02uut8ro60tb3cd54/lowiwotovosediratapalavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=adelaide+merchandising+pdf+entire+cataloguePDF 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_off0000c9ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E1 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 79f53c82612e61cec1e1965cfadb48812d74a383df330bcb32a4c1026ea84d7f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB79 17024 bytes
SHA-256: dabe3868d2f4fe495a5c964bcca2821d0e08f6554ac0d629d09c27e553680c94