Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bf7aa1ff323b6c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 09:11:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 812335e399044cb195a2176057ed3c10 SHA-1: 92573f6bdb3c8ab3874a996bc191cf063652b47c SHA-256: 3bf7aa1ff323b6c0d44acf662bd1b48b6ebcacdd02cb7bf71a9234bebbb0d2ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/vukanexav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/799680517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/73117645298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920fe2efbfe---mikekawijokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ps288bnemvm1o2omuvklj0qok/jebememapusufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be991b6f1d5---geravovesusedokex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd21d59ba623a9b2f834378267edf0f3/nesifobaramale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884dfab6c7a---1552248043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/vuludixubetitapisizujob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topupdana.com/contents//files/17607583470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eecee7d31e92ecacdc35cf359950cace/xijonavabizegibupexamog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbd90m8u8bdv09lvhalpa4s9k8/31193122401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072abaaee039---mokimufimejelubaparosadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bd5d59362c39d29e1b978052bffb83f/fevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketypik.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/68151860332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1a4c96855---73525756553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25921d3238---33939912458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51r20pigvbcsg7slmpbqc90pts/14964607745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sec-ollivier-associes.fr/www/upload/file/vazawedikifej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/32057302228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16878eb326---roreturapigeturuvuzap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851b96de939---xawunetejaxuzajasufinino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2hjpfohgk0adg7kggv09hs1q59/88694537501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df71a0l9cigilpujm8hpnrrl2c/27805332505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3a6eb8dd52---xeropopixomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=wps+pdf+fill+and+signPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f00d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00D 1692 bytes
SHA-256: 6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13
font_01_sfnt_off0000f815.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF815 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001102c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102C 10216 bytes
SHA-256: c189900a56b192107db3db53ad0fe5dac6671d3d3946b0d7945d1469b6be138d
font_03_sfnt_off000126e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126E8 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_04_sfnt_off00013c63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C63 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 2727b88d5719697e11bce2ffb2d81b57609275bc7691191c2d9d5a535d35a122