Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bdf0f7379bc84bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 13:28:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fce436dcf832277243ac5a507dd81d0c SHA-1: e9f69b4aba470a4185d41ab2d750e28f20b3fc3a SHA-256: 3bdf0f7379bc84bf75f72c53d9ccf8dd615a44dd6dbf9bcd17e5ea2aa33930bc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The file's structure and numerous external URIs suggest it's designed to lead users to external, potentially harmful, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614196b048bdd---bitegibugowufukapima.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://henseltech.cz/userfiles/file/finimatabizavob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobiliariaimperio.com/files/files/58318503469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130e6fb96f34---napisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sagarexpress.com/userfiles/file/28759173669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euskararenginkana.eus/files/galeria/files/sigemonajefoliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73782298907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/zizakomisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/81236952609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ap116.ru/userfiles/file/naropofudajixixewujixumaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/43874676561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammerchor-lindau.com/file/81723937613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/71267838286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/zotekepofajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nangluongvada.com/uploads/files/8699917174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmangroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favamasoxiwosuruzerow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16012893942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af6c13634a---jozakuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/90475879427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43518617699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319c6831564---93306375447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatiyabhashaparishad.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42064554107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/vivime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soburadunibilinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/29662752738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.org/images/files/73504294852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=snapdragon+benchmark+comparisonPDF 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_off0000d161.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD161 18260 bytes
SHA-256: f71c521199ecc6aa1b143c4f739f270151d325fd83046c10306b228afc8e3402
font_01_sfnt_off0001013f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11956 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 4227c9f99538b26cb26ef3c19c4a332a1a29d6b51d111ee48add2c32df804c23