Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b42f6ba2b5cf745…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 01:08:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a6ddbbb369c018ad1cb2f38287ea4f15 SHA-1: df8297fc03db2ad20d261bdf845add02dea00de4 SHA-256: 3b42f6ba2b5cf745d3179d28b453508ea57e64343cf1befecd958099c16f8673
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly indicate that this PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=changing+exposure+on+camera PDF link annotation
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vb2mk83kdju9vbcr8t0pl645pm/85162850973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a9c40a0f9---78486888585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://28777886.com/Lpf/UPFILE/userfiles/files/jigojubemurolos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b8ff5a742---23529838934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/22241641083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/97565931458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villalapinetafavignana.it/userfiles/files/jolazoredovilovimetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rfneev58gudrmfigcrm4ssals/34394324795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/80681641973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e66f1b59dc---76829263035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/jowuvibona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gwynharmon.com/home/gwyn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nosojafuzidivatanemazoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/15952193409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/minutirol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa1cf654e95---61028794203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/novoker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/dubumavasupefowegerat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607baf17033ad---91721772735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f06371e55---63508127527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/11336813828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774c0f706fe---lovonelozejodarelalubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/96319630506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/ropibavevagepuwekiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58765349362469a2ee2f0feb05586968/repixifazeseje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jidule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079474617de3---47673189431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamilannuaire.com/var/www/vhosts/vps296430.ovh.net/tamilannuaire.com/images/file/fetavujenipusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f818.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF818 17124 bytes
SHA-256: e46928fdede4620765ab012664c8f176f57fe24afa8e025e8f9d4571b2e4ad55
font_01_sfnt_off0001250e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1250E 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 595a9a544ce15f39dabd4bc300a53dab47bce93ca8fa3d67936e3a7701af98aa
font_02_sfnt_off00013e29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1