Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d9d0403e9f7691f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 05:38:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: db084c4d2113371977a47a39423f4394 SHA-1: 9a40a11e3ee2e25979c40e157edf0f17b72a06fe SHA-256: 3d9d0403e9f7691f87b9a25afb17cf1caf83e3bd28f68c53eb35c1585df7c543
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to domains that are either compromised (indicated by 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM') or appear to be disposable hosting ('PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM'). The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+security+key+for+android+hotspot
    • http://hindustanadvancedsolution.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/jivasifavafavapizet.pdf
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents/files/43557463451.pdf
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bodazetapizer.pdf
    • https://dusunceokulu.net/resimler/files/56849941015.pdf
    • https://soi.icami.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezukamedokasenosa.pdf
    • http://fra2ange.it/userfiles/files/kegedawulo.pdf
    • http://picart-personal.pl/fckupload/upload/file/ragupupewepokisisi.pdf
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/napisuxa.pdf
    • http://rescue119.org/userfiles/file/rumonurataj.pdf
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62910sqrocsl1ju8lc1g8siqsf/lisixekegefuwekoxixufedu.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ca75fb002c---46076481563.pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e3eb2958c---besojexajopuvijisena.pdf
    • http://wideanglepackaging.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35078033333.pdf
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43384422018.pdf
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/56305522302.pdf
    • http://termosystem.pl/userfiles/file/lekol.pdf
    • https://wonkingchina.com/d/files/bojizuwozemafe.pdf
    • https://projetounificado.com/uploads/files/tolufesuwipe.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a961843560d5c432f31d044e4c73324/34122820601.pdf
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/lofof.pdf
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/fewutorogetarajatopopubi.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d993.bin
21326963ba7f3882d8f88af9ecc1a47dad506a20b5a2a559dc76838f5e0cf360
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD993 10968 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f310.bin
6ff02ae4d639dd31c7237a61434935a3ccabb85ca96517c349c47dcb064e1ce6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF310 16848 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e92.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E92 16792 bytes