Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d454846a57fa7d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-08-04 19:10:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 97a3ffa74e22fc0cbb667b4885d6aaea SHA-1: d407523a9892e0f3e3838c8f77fa66d4598146d5 SHA-256: 3d454846a57fa7d5f4b25875052fbe5c7a262da85b5835e890bf066d43e541bd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics confirms the nature of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+mugen+apk+para+android PDF link annotation
    • http://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/pubopezofululajorufomoxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/81519233273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5cb7127bea---1050101052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/43691085796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69c71ed26d36785455a238a086432e64/60780851244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/kulifotukemudezosetofekog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210529_169E2D36C88FFD76.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/65256571627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b914debd2---4046833032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f378c45960ac9ed0c1beb2063335674c/81974614670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/43488101882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/78721781820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/828914e6e26bdc3ec3ec78ec9b39d9ca/fexitamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jg7vqvh2he9fvgrjqe306r5p6h/kubebodawokegutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvtj4n3tkjjgqm8d1s9oh5lv6p/56025524929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d571ea3f11---58387310209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/tuzikojifebosasoziwenaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dtechgroup.com/uploads/image/files/fetizodoloxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2457c8539f12a3351ff43767286f27c/dowasalavojekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/lotalefevuxupewefotupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee47c86b25f---30428679834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c8c25cf33---lewenuzesusaguli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/ropirapelowakerexonitufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780cd818b47---nuripuvanuneweseman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/53178526669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f595242a3b4709344d978789d86a9dbb/rozefakekovipomolite.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f6c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C3 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 07932fba24779ae94b1c66eda2d163256cc678d90735dd0d451025c777a9b87a
font_01_sfnt_off00010f02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F02 1816 bytes
SHA-256: 013345781d3f1894fc7bcb7ec6faee8eb7cbe7acb21171c7e3cd4ae642b2cc21
font_02_sfnt_off00011791.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11791 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012fa3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA3 18048 bytes
SHA-256: 364f0e03db66f7cb47585d10f1b16f3728a07be63664b99ba4ce5536596cbd25