Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cfcbe2a16750d7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-26 04:37:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: b8574353e00078d849cddcca8040468a SHA-1: c68b185dcc8be5479dd8ef7117d78543143b891c SHA-256: 3cfcbe2a16750d7d856846f75416b72e2e91ad7fbaf4f8696bc7f021c552c532
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a likely phishing or spam campaign. The presence of a PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic firing and the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS score strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure points towards a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705ebdec2ad---fupatevabifuwiweworo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2a746adfa4b3c95b1f414193f864014/91814005610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkor448r1komtej07vmolf6clt/roxejoganovozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12deed88fdea4a3c56e7b17354f915a1/66101043172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99a71192807c1062ef4776d289f478a3/dowaxafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taylormadetc.com/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luisacortesearchitetto.it/userfiles/files/57831540192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akifkasaboglu.com/esatfisek/images_upload/files/mezelilasozuzosamopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/46173733855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210517/file/16212006101360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/xenimebebataxakoditetab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fh93f23r7sfqiflenp4at81q1/45633175066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://l-max.ru/userfiles/file/64335868022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce7c5cb4d8---94060768573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080531aec35d---35919316270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandipmallick.com/fckimages/file/godoras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.club/sites/default/files/file/fapukudikatagoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/huu1up9q0fq82a6p43j3soms6t/15234026664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddrwc.net/clients/869849/File/zemibelofifemibara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/sopiwezakesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tabularasa.lv/sites/tabularasa/uploads/documents/files/25811443949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/rabenenotoluvagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12use1cnupcgplimb0ici0qmr4/xupizipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6bd39d0d264d72eb1b547adb021e473/tinifekazexini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=packaging+closures+and+sealing+systems+pdfPDF 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_off0000f016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF016 17184 bytes
SHA-256: b834f6b4a730cc91d1d11ff5c98eb43c917cdb1b68d2182a4dfcfddf8ecd0bcc
font_01_sfnt_off00011d31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13548 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 178a523c7c70b2a39c156ae2f0afc9ea80508b93582c95afbd7dcb9d838bba24