Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cf9e4f44d6b6a99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 04:51:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b85ac1ed9067aa9e74fb51ceeecc0690 SHA-1: d3b3ae133927573ccb74dd74c490b681f3150789 SHA-256: 3cf9e4f44d6b6a9954554bd63975cadad7cdb85ac605274ee65a2df8d3c3c709
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate that the document is designed to host numerous links on potentially untrustworthy or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd384a78a6---38361682210.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/getirulividisanusojub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/11448388582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085de2092c1d---pabevariwedapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d72b716100e011e09f1881ab20b7c1/netuxamuparikerujafijeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4e89ab948---lifumurerafalawenavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2306b097c42efe5f2122fa0ae9ad0f/verunevujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfe0cc47de---79841785810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oilbasaro.com/web/images/ckfinder/files/20210620032010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee3ad382cfbcfd300fab6c40dfb7a0f8/73630892021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5t4cc4mdc1hpg6qq4rhdeas4l6/zator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac3108cb77908318dc6b2f50bd971587/24702830269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f43a92508a6cb1f33d96a531c2e9bd76/xukolivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cb60c9379---39571182753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b286a06ad0eb32416e28f9fbe82e32e/25569028275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/mirefagavulapelotafaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/28622091473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lr8ohchp4v2teq3avt255jdrnm/63643425747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/80568407607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balustrady-metalik.pl/files/83858488852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///83480283783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1966.com/clients/8/85/85e9e0a76fddb83d7689cebc6ab07fae/File/xadozipobivul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jucadent.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31806881102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a61b071c7---purakulesaxapuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=collinearity+of+3+pointsPDF 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_off0000d2c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C1 10668 bytes
SHA-256: f0560c50c970fbec59a1127fc654107b37f8193f8c29fb4e90255204e9c25e59
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB68 17984 bytes
SHA-256: 07713f388fdfe9b3fab3fc50ba188afc7324a00631946ff950dfc5af5cc20503
font_02_sfnt_off00011b37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1