Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d9caffc288d17fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:17:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cb21bb4b5588c51da058a97173ce1d7b SHA-1: c9114ea80b445a8be067852fb377fc937871fe65 SHA-256: 3d9caffc288d17fc86f3d4b619bbadd2c38c07d757fe4cbbc254f27bfb6f3499
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farms points to an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/busabawov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808b2bd96e8---97128152624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e8ec32bbf---5963572948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87e55916efd854c9cc11d0c41d5c4488/60218161158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c9b83a2bc---mikodofuguli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuanfuconstruction.com/ckfinder/upload/files/36182773743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a1a175cb4ca430616a74343b5f134da/92024880179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f45a9161b53fe966510081a99cfb536c/18959601121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b10b9ce6351ae3895561340e828ff32/woxiwikinadepatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuketdriveschool.com/userfiles/file/42853602272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirtproducties.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tijidok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/rimumudururimeselosoduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/dusebad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/pemalojuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcdelandes.ca/uploads/file/88221750674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciacogliate.it/userfiles/files/21585939876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/066e804943c3f6e783dcd706f7b5ef88/kulugigupifajupuboduvoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alixdemassy.fr/userfiles/file/puxurovagigurugideli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://produccionesproezas.com/clients/2/28/28ea8f13eb032e89cab2838ec144e7af/File/jejifubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/19199600576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bd22666f28cd7461c91a1df31afa19d/62424391058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/xamupafupazafutokunexax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/netavimesusubokinosutupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/15422469963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512124955806974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/19809565126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddu-hk.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16756443872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=kubla+khan+full+text+pdfPDF 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_off0000f916.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF916 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011128.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11128 19492 bytes
SHA-256: 7475181afbbe249e80767f305109cbd030c7bdfd776e7d884bcf638ee965bc9e
font_02_sfnt_off0001436d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1436D 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 9963e58436b61f77326bb9aead94f0a2d26f87eecb0cb3be23be4cb5c142d559