Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ce4ef361769c2a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-16 07:19:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 752da3436a28e3ebd18db16e306fa288 SHA-1: 15bf903cba0574ec8829f0ee3753941b87fdb7c5 SHA-256: 3ce4ef361769c2a7c46a7bbfc101682134d98fab53949b1f2f9099ddf1254674
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised WordPress installations or other potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lead users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The file's structure as a link farm is a common tactic for distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://vksraja.in/fckeditor/upload/file/dekuzisoxuwalogojusebizi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/weropuzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eded8eb0d---jigoloxuxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3613c1a85---37031520100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/wofuwelexipaxata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/381a6fbe399e27e74b511471c69dc79c/gunexirebowenenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/tujozijemedevalubof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce9fa9d9405---teluburi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/vafibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/31360695364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089104bcc47b---wuzerotabizewikuzelonuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca2b4704f61d9b76b13b7341f376b1dc/judubilinenaxosoburi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanharteyoga.nl/uploads/files/88575173999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080255d70a1f---41232760824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021062807431680554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a293a519f6a---gudosoxixes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c947007641e---43675009486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820a44c1dc1---todotipuxifenexufunigev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ortechindustries.ca/ci/userfiles/files/20221181126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88018eb0336984f74c69e23778b34f90/13407626983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/zapelikazaxiguvoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r3gn3tpiicigh1s0dq2stft4b2/bavigupupotesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4db37f78fc0a987794acadfe99c74452/46133840434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=interactionist+theory+sociologyPDF 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_off0000ef4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010761.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10761 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 88032bd686b60c120628ca4abc199ea4c4468f3537e311e3eaf91fc483642b53
font_02_sfnt_off00011f79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F79 16368 bytes
SHA-256: dc233e20c0005bcb088e72c9b388505033259135490ab850096181476354c53c

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