Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ddf2fdf34c80514…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 16:00:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: adefd4edb6081315b73816af403a5f44 SHA-1: cb207ad5e80d4232b7d454befbd211b77d502ef9 SHA-256: 3ddf2fdf34c8051426dda881f477f7d92cc49c404f78730388cf816d1b1de639
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites and link farms, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating a tactic of using compromised infrastructure for distribution.

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=get+mold+out+of+shower+curtain PDF link annotation
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608329511c7fd---51797788481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf39c90ec7---wuzowiwotebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2544825668---ridubitofiwolesosoriva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/nejojifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/werawefumawaxobopemadopox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73bb8c64a7272e9e163ea396597a6270/luxozotujodozarot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/13362395334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091da020697d---8150238978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9df295ab9d0f4b3f57fd06f82fcead0/77822153500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c07986b77d5aae30d6d419f6a130d672/74612565201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a985eb1ab894aa14f931605095f72ef/28693451579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/piagbn254opp5qantv337cd935/menutenanesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8eb8686c31---99242999952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd140cff74---xolunumodonidewirupeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9b839917c---ponimuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072941a9dc5c---16627675881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/notudarolomogukexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/06/files/210618014103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/90900940072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vimb0b7eb0ts4n2rkqfhg45anu/zetugoziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indecomavo.pl/inc/91283277330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c02l36o38mgc83196d19hjj2kv/67056771410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/46675695770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e755.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE755 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF67 17156 bytes
SHA-256: ac78ebe68709c0fa56a09c69a744c3c54c1e1e4ddeffd313232173420770ebf2
font_02_sfnt_off00012bc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BC9 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 3163fcce2dacfc61d09a52cb041fb8528174cf016fc7ac9bb81d43a2d17b1883