Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e47ea4ddf0accd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 09:57:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a3297b5e9a1820883232d9839f728505 SHA-1: 56092a188ef68d83a2c0a67aab609a496eea8a6c SHA-256: 3e47ea4ddf0accd00f36ea106cab1776093f661ca0edda81d4d6e1eed71df35f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of numerous links and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ps3+games+download+for+android+wwe+2k17 PDF link annotation
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614482f13ab98---xixisazaxitirojalezolobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theurbanbazzaar.com/userfiles/file/bolunelowugolegelasebutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-test.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109091846053037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/61248768622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613422fe5ada2---42274873733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/ziletukoloxenasizikalob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/nadosikififovasewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15415571992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbjvweekof5d.xn--p1ai/files/files/40377946013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leasebridge.com/CKUPimg/files/63636273193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleinwestor.pl/userfiles/file/disafemizeporimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kkc1.org/htdocs/cljr/data/files/11368935419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/618738d37b8cb1e85194d9d2fef07369/wiwawujodataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dintek.eu/uploads/file/52607727984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuoncotichdep.com/upload/files/9442441024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-guskov.ru/uploads/files/49972867230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livresdarts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vubematobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://open.ua/uploads/ckeditor/files/2138591687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodlander.sk/grafika/file/naxuzetap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espicycooking.com/files/file///neworomoboruwibisij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/9296452605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topflexsports.com/uploads/84581630849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lishasurgical.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fegugiwuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibiucuratenie.ro/fckeditor/userfiles/file/losupafifuwigafuvusonugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mliq44v0i95mistpjn3i04j246/wuxizedufurovewizigesume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profesa.net/userFilesfile/figawazagetidujus.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_off0000bb4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB4F 14976 bytes
SHA-256: fdcaf5a04facec44781c783e241256ac174041251a675de054deca8b9de565ff
font_01_sfnt_off0000e126.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE126 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 460e82890e8b3d008c69e92858415d61b7f1440ee8887ad2ee32af477088ac21
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1