Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e233c2e078202b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:01:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: b862975b21759db1a5c75a0b9bd4c297 SHA-1: b71114d1cfd8f4fa4be6a1ac266a0bb471fd09b8 SHA-256: 3e233c2e078202b5dafe5801831697b63c88fb4b859c71d12de0a0c9e5894c3c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a malicious PDF. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the presence of multiple unknown URLs strongly suggest this phishing attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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 http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prcfokk7s1j3amndapl9r4crq4/tedagu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://secondhandgraphics.com/usrfiles/file/3424830157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160941f759578d---xabadipotuxariwusixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylerdaynursery.org/clients/8/8e/8ed7c4ff1d995b028c1180c1bccb3f4a/File/50926291892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mojukowaviniwagedumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/59063994395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utrpvh1dqgsi38ubf8achl61dt/fifoferirololilasidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d5142d13a---pudikerimeborelafirubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50949122606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2cf95554e---57907517295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733f820b921---nesotegonekowaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ca617c728a---94905015363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sallytour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210803_F64949599A22F321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc717df7c5bf3aa870444c7286a6ead3/80353518516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homecareangels.ca/files/files/files/juzulevugatekadoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baldonimarcostudio.eu/userfiles/files/monusexijonaboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/22472304535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22468ed402---rotugisutorov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.org/clients/83264/File/43605468738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/58365691546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grouptm2.com/contents//files/lawuzelexafirituko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e2fff2409---ziwojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/8206129851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vvvj362u58eg449bunc7emrs3/xufujuworej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+ransom+of+red+chief+questions+and+answers+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_off0000ce24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE24 11136 bytes
SHA-256: ae0d817cfca71abab302c3e5455c132213f8c1b2518d516f35d59bf420ec4eab
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFE5 17696 bytes
SHA-256: f7c9cff475cbf6a9d246e376b06f77f84b7bbd04228dcb1f33131d6d61325961