Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d9de9b34cdb4e74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 08:13:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 90ae39b10575731cf8aafc32f29383ae SHA-1: b7d67ddd71b259a5d12f8b80de9017886510f552 SHA-256: 3d9de9b34cdb4e743de33d66234854befc45485b10f4a0d467507999067f88a7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection 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 document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57015031218.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b6501600d---redazuluvabokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d593b58c89---nivigutelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nojavanulotezedewujezanin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/96441446033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/6241348244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/tekoxemedan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/873203f542a67c00448986b8eb903a80/35516781600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/tazoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/saduvidujalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/14595614374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96590570265464ec9280d0e2dba8b2e5/saxiralimawuzorizeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/gaxebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2278a9360f254993f72755d7910e2b0b/964672300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/53656770881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqm1l64jc959p1j5v6bbuofed0/14310346305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89b4db6275c10b82209fe8882149bd45/figunikajozapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aatj46cbsbkp5hddsrbiq4u2i6/nijiwowuvapumaruxonodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0iij93teit4v6qieh2sn7du0fe/75147592028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a36bb02a2---84952209337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a323d7ef21a9fd372968cdc38a612d6/puwotobajawotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/13264644197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faades-mtal-n9a6a.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83913816663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=scriptures+on+flat+earthPDF 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_off0000e565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE565 16920 bytes
SHA-256: e9d4d1ca6c73268e32c0e0c61452441f66ea0e6a85f0a4b368be6389018251c3
font_01_sfnt_off0001118e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1118E 10752 bytes
SHA-256: db62dfc437a83cb00d107c4ba8f963ad1ee39b5a14e02ef17b96d7be9a721f93
font_02_sfnt_off00012a2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1