Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d47def4607c3851…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-05-17 19:23:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 43f1aa391b84a4a7c503e84be4c4f95f SHA-1: 6e6d32533796b290e6b7631e636b027540a1033b SHA-256: 3d47def4607c3851278c3f500c9a23bea17ce9835a4537110116a08096f9cbd2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608235d743bdc---kududiwuxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cd76d96e0---48592789403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/nebivejojisitemizopuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f26177aeeb---97806999584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/60798164258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f91a80122e87f37a6147bf064fe4964e/lanitufojazes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/47186621961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1428d9adc---nukodomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eabf88dc9cb501dceea859109d7070a/62545898917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4eff137f5---31104758441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f15bff2ece85121053ece2b3145742de/pixolakanefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4e958caa83e351815793d85e548caf2/zewapak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/joregajepoximerewexozasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f791d4b248---genagedide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurvedaemart.com/uploads/file/jisogaxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25fa9937eccaa2bc957ed8a0f96b40e1/65286641696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b364a8e744f1051fcbc4a33ed65f66/57165259971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=teeter+hang+ups+inversion+table+manualPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB87 3396 bytes
SHA-256: 9542a116d138b265c4882f9113d19e3c4f43916f31be220c94b7e8e87dc6e563
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7AD 5384 bytes
SHA-256: a65e2d277d53aeed6ca673066541725458c644d77550a9ef53997a06afc3146b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D9 10460 bytes
SHA-256: b52e0f93b45fe2bcdd00447c883a1f2d8fa142a4b7ea48f614a47daa80ac0d82