Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bf9b1b6526a93e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:18:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 39ef34c495e40a953b08210a88ca8691 SHA-1: 86edf3e54ca8e7c70edbc3fb52cd3dccea67cf24 SHA-256: 3bf9b1b6526a93e30e47c9f5eb5eb9c00324a02a9202fbd78e7d8f826c42fbea
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of external URIs and link farms on disposable hosting further supports the conclusion that this document is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dropping+out+of+master%27s+program PDF link annotation
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3646f16850a03d6257b4debf1c2e65d5/30908709408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be0ebb3fdc3ef4a6e9419e07e1c703e7/lagekivadutuvunuxesixibor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bywuf.org/upload/editor/files/36980925547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/56776155689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jornalespacoaberto.com/app/webroot/datafiles/editor/files/29331553699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/nodifasatifiwukikulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/neruxupix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/razumidimuwokagejevaleto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/rujovusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c912f554de---79171497593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821ea8aad42---73545710385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bed3f4828141ee8d744822033d53df1d/mopumefasano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c13b3d437---jiwasubudasodefiledijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/zojabonebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75c857f66e7ae24f3404115d2c2e6c97/tipokesuturize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlkingatlan.hu/kepek/other/file/danowedukakaxezugemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a34db68215dca4c2a62d4bf2105594b/68763396952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/57182454656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dismaplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fujixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9286f0837bfbd70040a0834176ad34b7/62815459570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkj0fk5iv47t07bb4jb4vcpf5h/govelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e3fb0dd6b---10363951634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/siserixumelaj.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_off0000cfd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7EB 10788 bytes
SHA-256: c29cea88dbdd55a08cb9d5a88413b2f56912b198f5772f154dc64d623cbc12db
font_02_sfnt_off000100d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D1 16772 bytes
SHA-256: fa5675f6cdf141e0539e2a45306ef89343b4a74c5ef7684e13bd62e29e0bc066