Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c1f77ad6d3dc69c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-08-26 09:12:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ab4d4eea5e21bfcdbf81a539869372c9 SHA-1: ae54b347b79aa0bc7ed6be0a700ba58b39df694f SHA-256: 3c1f77ad6d3dc69c68418f965d4ec402fc8a7bda00f940854fd94a2ac9dd7eaf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content. The PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to disguise malicious links as legitimate content, a common phishing tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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.darvidproperty.com/news/file/meneg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/wudapelalaniwituzelub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfffv8hf2cftkvhar0hpnkph7a/10697982726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca2775a7b6---movunejetofuwenupame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lokalsport.no/userfiles/file/gopenarajapogimexonevonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/burogokipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/38588600534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126ba92e9912---44615102906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2eeb7ea1e647fb5f6ba15b0728a6167/9326133303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/96665534813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1ccf081bc---rumifusezewevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afmiletisim.com/resimler/files/21657267709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapes4u.ca/sites/all/sites/grapes4u.ca/files/xunemalevirotalasobevalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/3082185910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/50537416481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof68.com/clients/73441/File/42717167956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf7c0aaf529---93523763541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/2021821914594712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd58a9ac07---59461168673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/manubiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/xozefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9cbe7514f---11326543847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/819ba3cq4f8l7go4et85ls97oo/waguxutunuxevovugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c274784fc59---81337517948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cpsk4fq5hkbc8tsat0igbcnlu/besawisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodymindspiritconnection.org/clients/5/53/53f1eac0d8ee32431a47b4e1af774f29/File/3365762925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--k1akb4c.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/duwisezepero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mgt+by+exceptionPDF 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_off0000ddf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF1 16472 bytes
SHA-256: a2b9d84e19ddd8e784c3e0e74381eec85d2164c2ea2e00e2bfc7ac352dc6e6b7
font_01_sfnt_off000108b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D0 10424 bytes
SHA-256: a472a281a5563c7530d27b23695f8dc1e95264d7ebf22cb2e438ed1fb2d79b37