Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3de288e40125f1a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:10:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 41235a9c1cedc97eb0b18e0b79d7a61d SHA-1: e2253bf08eb4ffd9fb4521688271e9e7473d2933 SHA-256: 3de288e40125f1a79c66234bf630fb89591855c5c7152e0f3cc69374200b2e24
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised or disposable domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to exploit users by redirecting them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=proportion+worksheets+ks3 PDF link annotation
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/refijoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/defisopebevopegipipixixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgogs.com/mgfiles/file/besil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3124d411f0---muvodake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/94595811008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cesiedizioni.com/userfiles/file/gumubabokotajuxajodabivat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3aa89ndph5lfp2c6g3a6cij349/83989497135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/50683571584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb5217b457---40286059672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/38192372694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29003afc08---lebuxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30bdd5654d---narepinamavumagage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82d8f4e56c944414095aca6fa8a2a8d7/wotozosugepuxalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a45953f3b180f08a2acd8fcac659f9ed/48608488679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ebdff01c5---23714958707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8717ia7k3q85n1pn60d6p7biuc/wovakawaribog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/xedobubunamogav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/160447a3b3fc7e36adf2b3c3da5421cd/kopupoxadototelevuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8c56c808f---51248514930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afe1e20554---89605124360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57c29b88b41a2c12ea24eb8dec3ae460/lulipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/marojexozivedagapojixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/65669907873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829a108886e---13882315811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/suvewe.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_off0000b566.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB566 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 2a4b8647fb95c4b32ea8044b5af9752e892083873c43b5206335a7042ad31b3f
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD4B 16516 bytes
SHA-256: 5430728fa8d06951a78ca0cc774389d74f03380dea33854926c70823752059a2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1