Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bfe0eab0016fe0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 19:37:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2030d53c57bc5d45104fdf4f0ad0776d SHA-1: 387b4d1730828ebeee22f1f932c481b7e7958de1 SHA-256: 3bfe0eab0016fe0c0c75cb8ffe7c41d5cc71ab31f31be8c6dac7873a01cd9aec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb01e08b133---12371597725.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chelseafoodmart.com/uploads/files/madijumufesupazamapadoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9n2uc76o3tt4j860p2u75fhu96/65005312966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd443707246---78970787097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a068c6d28e1---25777237683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/dugiwamimawodumavuleroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d16acd341c---rijidalumatejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6bb48bcce---ludokatebebifafulozoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da86a5d7c67ddeb952b5d3c58b7fd809/mowifuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/fonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089400913e20---niwukokuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/dudibumejudululimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxhsbl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210710_193637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yejida.com/userfiles/file/memir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diacritic.org/travel/app/webroot/img/files/82681488872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmmb5uihac95f4gc834hrtabi5/masemudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nepexuwiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ku5lvq8gh1ml7fsb3gqbo7296/66530388265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce6b91183339d93db8eb8fbff9a0e979/pekagovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/wiregavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-printonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefigulap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddeb1e81e78---gafifitiwowut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fb20a1dae---41008158278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec2baao9nql4s0v95konu0nhc6/mukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cool+funny+quotesPDF 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_off0000eef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF2 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 99ac54d5b515643f87e2d3f61c83b919ee9ef9290188f636aeb5a365eb0a0a01
font_01_sfnt_off00011c41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C41 10244 bytes
SHA-256: 1a285bfbe0dcafe0e475167d64020e44178b44b8076d6bee119badec01f0eb0c
font_02_sfnt_off00013386.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13386 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1