Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d8722a857775b53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-07-31 05:48:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 57a70d3012405bbe8f7da3799aee8e1f SHA-1: 43e0de969af499d35ebd19523781e01deacfc0d6 SHA-256: 3d8722a857775b536607603aa53f995fcff86a5131ff420dd2a05727c3dde7eb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. The file's structure as a link farm is a common tactic for distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cfa9c28ce---84946109508.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609faff04b879---jumisinabegorije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/senalowewugobof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbe2bc6e2ec6514c6922d32d21ede7de/43461658676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://listapp.in/ci/userfiles/files/wegigobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5575e73c6---vofikugelufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42ed2a0392---kedidizapinuwavaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/70449114006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/rebefigiziripogoxujulup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608edbd265224---50253538506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/626c4ejhjdt7a7km84aeohfik0/64919920983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/2742207907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075988a34aa4---53939660830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa306cd82263803da3185a1abdb8f97f/jevexujesumuvagijop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59d2e66a4d876e423fea306e9ebbaf13/70899894509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/fesitaxujopana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c445b824f---mifopuwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purifoy2020.com/clients/1/11/118d8b7ee1ea4bab8fb19da95c56260f/File/23327155616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/pipedobixorudojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/xabedurodikipuzexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e5009ccbc---24353389383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9574ae7e4bf2a251eef9d2dcdc046bff/11366774018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/43857275632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wccflooring.com/userfiles/files/gufedusatewibewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb8b5fa9295---15419801861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3bf87ffa36a58ffab7109c6ac793240/73543607740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=vizio+vo320e+remote+codePDF 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_off0000d4f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F2 16352 bytes
SHA-256: 99b14899af53b887854c591ac673469fd1b0e842278f2c3909023a33540e0052
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF6E 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 2c9dc9a9413d10ce99338fe1045b1626fbe624faf8dd1790e39e856d844a29ca
font_02_sfnt_off000117ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1