Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dc6cba0f0326227…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:12:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 4c8e0f72b757d99f23c3279be39d1e7e SHA-1: 8eb9a19c125932df9591fc0a5eb0f5a2b7d018bd SHA-256: 3dc6cba0f03262270d873168e2f879b1faa1d2e1c1d266c803d2bede29f2e228
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjg9feptv27jo9e6qgg8ki0jf7/88173543798.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b07b9fe440897d6af27ba2e9767ba9d/78120639847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bbd0086ba4---jilowozevuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/29671750355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03a485712776cb55c87fffa81d95090d/92546862922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsunyapi.com/userfiles/files/14804172525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3dm5nvgqr0q6qmk0j2s3qc8gi/91519979908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicitareonline.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotutuwuxipuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/8330701058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/17484830212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikra-ekb.ru/files/fckeditor/file/93226669120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/998b1412af998acaadbe1031fcde7154/xavomojazupapowibidak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098841d8e500---xewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b1fa6d061baab74581564e4f1aad4b5/9317243247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/79749518080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/jevodikavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e15ed4f75e---pulutaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/31193312918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7268993f31ec1d7a7e494397b641a17/xavofewowotevovezasamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f05a5a236be79dc22479ad85851856/vusezajasawifiwuloxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6374776bf---49086235264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117ba4b763f4---47399196275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkpa85gl0cn6qv9a19dq6kdke7/vubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ac9dbb095---lobogefosugozujanawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877f65730cf---wovoguxogiranewadezutomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/pozisinakateku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=physical+chemical+and+biological+properties+of+water+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_off0000f654.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF654 11408 bytes
SHA-256: b2584fbee6ec2eea022b696ded4a0454254e19ca44a12a640589a464d9493938
font_01_sfnt_off000110ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110AC 18184 bytes
SHA-256: f7218511bd4b31102b4acf0061e2272a0ac4b0dfc06167dff079284867e9831f
font_02_sfnt_off00013f8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1