Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e310dd96a6dbc9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-08-09 21:48:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: d0bdaf3bb7ba550d855642cf87efbee7 SHA-1: 8982a6c66e322f5953c03e6ba51cfd1a3acb1080 SHA-256: 3e310dd96a6dbc9e46b3aa82cd6fc6d3f57307fa6554981fac48561dfc3d6556
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/letiba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607446104acc2---midorofaguvanufonugafamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bddecf559---nivobumuvusikoramisazoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/84303481904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/84387099520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/63082877274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izometal.net/mm/file/vipisufabokonurobidune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96576075017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netdepphunu.vn/images/userfiles/file/kapufafurowevunupiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35f63e4d94774eb389af65682dd5bd08/lufebagijusomujik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mafjgpmjmtt7t355h331ee6ej/37012282075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourgrodno.by/images/content/file/66771380964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qk850utoj59utp5eibvsanjf6/14234793677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d969bcc06---gufiwapifivusumuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8f651037c---67612135273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609803ab0bfa4---93172841653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfkj0f3thas49ft0ukjgvrgops/fusodezefamotakimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab839f3cd20---sopoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da8bd4a547d---6778065061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b6e425576523e3c6501c7e1c1b52ad3/gimimirukurixopatopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebfce4a4c8---26495866241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/nigugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/pozozaranodolomubenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=traveller+intermediate+b1+teacher%27s+book+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_off0000dc9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC9D 21568 bytes
SHA-256: f7590d433e2339338d5be471eea4e79d0d1e9e90548b94f547d6ef9a018a7018
font_01_sfnt_off0001131b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131B 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 623dacc53b581e56d540c8577bebe98abf2644530d57d3d2f21f27c499217093
font_02_sfnt_off00012d19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1