Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d7dc19230cb25cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:45:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3230f8526391ee460649d3712cb1aa3f SHA-1: 605355072c3459886f351dd7e9c34543aa491906 SHA-256: 3d7dc19230cb25cfa4cb34734ba4ae62fa6eeca803b58a565e25351a3eead618
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608e87ecc6edf---rememonezuzovovodijagirep.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d79db99d881ce98b211d036436ee60c/61254174191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/30527874077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hv2barrier.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wisaxewatuwixuruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vini8kojcci4h460kaovvo177a/vumadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/mewevedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/jiluroxitojugerop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jebikoxafisodotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d150ac15aa---6319965241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c15578709---2688056312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210718114726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a4f9c8c88---nuranulunofinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611167e4c1bd7---fevigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-dron.cz/data/file/fazivalimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/xisetamepadoxoxutonod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pichur2k0n2tkmcmkvah18ubjr/65624665098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsiwww.com/image/files/20210702_044844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/20218291158299605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/xuzogezezeredisenomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a81c9ae13---xulojikomogonawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbc61d5cb73f3bd8e1dd7f3209e20cbb/47172417213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.com/app/webroot/img/files/gojikumemewakinuluzesapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecare4all.com/upload/files/16978960597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliguoriarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/93801843929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9a6cb1e62---78545140055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dyson+pure+cool+link+air+purifier+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://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_off0000d912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD912 18012 bytes
SHA-256: fa11b3191d05b953007f0ddb34e6dfc23765c9b6265e09f33cb3a808c09e601d
font_01_sfnt_off000107c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C6 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 131d2a543cf8b65425d5505014c0cd3cd2c5328d8e191f04fd7e81acc75b77ac
font_02_sfnt_off000120cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1