Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b67e19f9ebd0649…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:58:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fa6fc5d0b5a14f0539a1c917a68c28db SHA-1: 74ddb7b1e475e541cda9a78dc38cdcb7545e9db3 SHA-256: 3b67e19f9ebd06491645497725b9d76757c4f9bab1b81508aa7aef80e49a891b
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 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting domains, likely for malware distribution or phishing. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to exploit users seeking free content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://brnc85.com/clients/878796/File/zixewim.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4al6m1nop5gsnfmd43sipgp8aq/dajezezam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826990dccc5---lewikatitegamitob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082403ca21dd---biwizovidedipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/bukuxudogulalaxigarobato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff64989b02---variwudenududiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents//files/kupujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/84520836988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd2f4ebc47---maroxewazekilimoxaluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1f285fcce6dcddf4a5c7541beea85f1/favubelisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6441e99c3---31562486467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b186b250db2---kerolidod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/jevisedosoxajebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805ccc5fd24---nimigeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e024c7db82---61555679686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtmnshc2oiq70smp6al0ostr4g/xesesizupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/lusarafodiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/20720101594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mgrp3qcco0f385ujs6d8fbd4f/ketez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/bosomodolokap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sadaberojafifamixulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d9e3a657a11e2a1251f9e3eb3a8f2a/bexitasukimixudakuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haithuanphat.com/uploads/files/tovigarafupekejomal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24480988779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d49e645cf87f039f6e1ddb62acbfb61/ganabebojegiwuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rcvlf85046r20ai8lep045mk54/28514672924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=free+ebooks+and+pdfsPDF 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_off0000ecd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECD6 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 92dfa65c7bbabccdf3184d8938708fd60b03e49ee16e13e55db1639ba049de05
font_01_sfnt_off00011a6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A6C 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 0ca73a4c7a906eaecdf0861e015a9ee0f0183efcd6b254c3f57b801c686ba7da
font_02_sfnt_off0001320e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1320E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1