Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bf894bfec004489…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.6 KB Created: 2021-08-10 19:04:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ff7663ab8a44635eda448df0bc78600c SHA-1: c56514a7ce9b5474517c4d0547aa39ed8f9f15e8 SHA-256: 3bf894bfec004489dc269128ab45d9a1799379dbbcde29b0ed2abf44b0fc3e88
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9867

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://lecourbe.dk/userfiles/file/21345487497.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hevquig9cqmjf297v7etufeqi3/zamonuzuzagapibopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80325107018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/91386694928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vujibetizoxifogunurabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bf0bdd87ef56e5c543940084a054201/44194001583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oijiarv88ind9d869admmdljjd/duvobuzeroxunor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a8fa865c4eb669525185425419ce112/kujededopopafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a68e071987519b6b5127f44bfc13a81c/maxizena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36561316519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kcequipment.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be778c62c15c8b35450de786318b85e2/rofosolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210806_46526D11A16F8F9A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719343017e4---10050755665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94e1ceccb636ce60ceac08f2e3d48ab1/putajosizunodatakixuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e005a0d68---61233921988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0n3j6996cb1fjbsga2rihva05/31447497674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2979ab5e5995c0e7536dc8536584847/guwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5252e96c1b---videro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/rivilop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/81749394338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bor-diing.com/upload/files/kakosovesibale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/72352874318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcdbsg7k2cfni60dmstagbb7eq/wugojivusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=iatf+16949+awareness+training+ppt+free+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014ce5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CE5 17984 bytes
SHA-256: 967867c48a59386341aaa8a6e0001bd1c094e8b20690345855b630e797249e46
font_01_sfnt_off00017b8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17B8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000193a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x193A3 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 0e1b4d1aac791a1f4b710dc6ee3f36976dfd0c68dbcfdecc7e73e9f70db75e70
font_03_sfnt_off0001adcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ADCF 3240 bytes
SHA-256: 5ec00ceb27da619603332fa700fb0f5af77eea6afd9f095934fc01db5ff78919