Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d7c1f297a94a85e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-07-18 22:47:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5395b06a3fc6bb5c99e12febee18fcab SHA-1: 3b3a42c023ce108c37ba537c73a78ec12fac1332 SHA-256: 3d7c1f297a94a85e26ded458f88c98163daf0d210246d1d7d5ef87672d2467ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS upload directories, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest a coordinated effort to distribute malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b68b77458---92952741611.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thegibbsfamilyreunion.com/clients/d/d9/d929505c7faf6263097cc97620c39d65/File/ruwemulezob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b9cc4ce38---28953765746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m197nqmiq6gdfc1rv928oegpl6/92970054001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lozijifugurazegimafex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c064e561a42---loligatawuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608521d9e9b19---95052210848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f42c8db9a3ec25c8e5509a639b9730f8/vapexirexexuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6b1321941---katonawewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6a8520ff0f3756d201511e3d7576e7a/tavebofusezuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/93382190128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8fd8df818737d0378e52fbf60eb3ba/71775851113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofejojebizijepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vavipufonutir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/39355513770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/kinamodonasufuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luberoff.com/userfiles/file/54153882816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/8384246061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqcgmgggs58r7djfafjfmdjsdd/49913910309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1928163217fdc0c6c564efc92f1ccdab/67147900671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f07865ce3ab98355f2c40314ada19477/20561147833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esangsok.com/upfile/files/nesuzefed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b9de888a0---16145355573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvel982ptt6i07oeof7bt5ofin/76639602085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/11895609404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ib8qpebj6lqple05q4n61avcs7/35963472177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc09e188eb51acdc73d3d4fe954fbe63/xilawewewirewasejegamujam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=wildest+dreams+chordsPDF 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_off0000d2c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C9 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 3906af56632d4b98c3950f2c34b486aa166186cad28cd794ba5c48391ffe169b
font_01_sfnt_off0000eabc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEABC 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 2f6dad2e7e83f6ec39d987dcc820a051d7c9a99ac3fc8306836db32220bf2a2e
font_02_sfnt_off00011743.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11743 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1