Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e40b11afe20be8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:06:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5859590e146d36f14a80d37c5612c11e SHA-1: 601f37befab9d8dcbe4ef5e12924b912bb85863d SHA-256: 3e40b11afe20be8d22d1895ea197cc66f20896e81ae506fafafda64ed5c34872
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other hosting, likely intended to lure users into clicking malicious links. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm characteristics strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cfop+f2l+algorithms+pdf
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5d3c19bcb---39821316125.pdf
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/53744351149.pdf
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35pfboiapmh1e12kkhs9q6losk/12637793420.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/710ff8f535c5fe2ad0228e2d0c5e6e45/zixixezav.pdf
    • https://blagoustroystvo24.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94633525351.pdf
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/pumitigazususojojevawe.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092114554276---pimoxefalikoxed.pdf
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/xufujisotatuwizok.pdf
    • http://sspvjd.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210824_14F8D8681F963903.pdf
    • https://gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91990206636.pdf
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3382a8894---funegazemubisigosimapofej.pdf
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/492f283a0f8daa0b5d01b17c4bd504d3/36814390217.pdf
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021052919303880554.pdf
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/kuweratotowuvoxawakidujeg.pdf
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4f4752a6b---sarabukodigofate.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e8150d4d8---defulofiga.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5485161201---wapuxebobumofuje.pdf
    • https://www.almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72042076143.pdf
    • http://mopron.ru/upload/files/90607065801.pdf
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r70s7m012nbph57hojngdi0am7/refumifizemexixofikat.pdf
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609052577bbb3---89622424734.pdf
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b74140c3c4---54285926644.pdf
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brpv25gog1f6pbdm0dofupmrs6/bivanademodosukizozapebi.pdf
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/mixiwugerugumefasiz.pdf
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/resupikoguwidob.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000da84.bin
63933323496a1d0645ad0e1fc509b7a848774a036bfeed0a6c625f0ff5188729
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA84 10860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f376.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF376 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b88.bin
1ff6229b6453606de2e00f67d00a0144eb856622c203362989be69397dd329e0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B88 21132 bytes