Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d097f72c6f49e94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-08-04 07:25:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d709bb10cc32bb84ee23e66a7afa7307 SHA-1: 1e25054cb9453364eed1ef2ade595a5cce9b4d11 SHA-256: 3d097f72c6f49e94d364e44058f8fbc76e7fb9230143324a7daca0f1257a7bbd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://rijst.nu/userfiles/file/29132518842.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/kazijarosugologelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6282d75c647b55870a3aebc7d77eecaf/xuzidilobotiwakufobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/degunigopanoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcr-fomentoconsumoerenda.com/uploads/files/xenubixoxaturo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c7e9d8486---74399052433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nus9u8mmr69uk9m1orqbf9jne2/tematozovewakepipasut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/ronopariwebokenevolitis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1306c5b2a6965b50fbe49d9186cba52a/lajenonujamoposiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/51985665949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foranirodozepavogozotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zaluziemalina.cz/userfiles/file/48677256461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwecare.com/usr/userfiles/files/31355469962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/19220279721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelbo.com/uploads/admins/u0/files/20210802092907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23301230872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/mobotiwujosomaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/43168100531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2727e7204b86b61a48c49dd8687c07b6/30809664889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/xisesovavebitinegegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e99de695a1---fulawirumugeludixuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tepovoxulevujogigewine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b142a0eaac4---vidif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=can+god+answer+your+prayersPDF link annotation
    • https://unimedbelem.com.br/painel_template/assets/global/plugins/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/51930687308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010928.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10928 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 8762900f863aa8ebdf104e3253d7a23045895832cab4e1d87b47b087ca39aae8
font_01_sfnt_off00013576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13576 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 2007410e9894f7604a8f52b286e588f1167db42595493143ab6095f0685e5352
font_02_sfnt_off00014dee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1