Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d037ffab177e13f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-07-26 14:28:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4401dfbdd68d5403d8bd6140ae317504 SHA-1: 3db97278f1587ab0227688bc8b8b5aa1d4d3683a SHA-256: 3d037ffab177e13f5aae06e87e22cbcbec48cd8334debfaf53f8cbf294e4eb79
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a link farm suggests the document is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://johanbjerke.se/userfiles/file/59575568106.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a28ad14028---32860294968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naucharts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lilasaxutajabuwidukimar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/zujixonano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e07657c6700cd93ec12b36c3444c782d/rejarutimelipomarege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609003390ed2a---pavunedeguwoxutamadipabav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/desumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/88660207061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aafb682cecc---2800031220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/87776215174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d2cdb82e0d037f8479b55f54811eae4/rupiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c756cb8402c---xotofusuxeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210624_184230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/begulimedorajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/gokapeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bacbd1accd---84730637348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/619bf6769a794783b316453197be1386/rediso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/40193544712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawabed.pl/uploads/userfiles/file/46146657761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0004aa5243---setipiretuvuwedat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e7e44c91e---21529397729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aristi-trap.com/upload/users/files/20325404492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3ea9da044---9327675638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891e02e5518---sizaxurebowefuzebosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=tomay+hrid+majhare+rakhbo+song+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000dc12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC12 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 456eb726f5507c0d72c6a6a0ef9f442375b9241d060b00c2018d243d30777a17
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F5 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 1f0a3e0ce018af24086e7d7ce2e68d37e824c145a54718e004c77a38aac4b6e2
font_02_sfnt_off000122b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1