Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ed9921df9239f90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:50:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2cf64095062bd5f0ddc33eb8a9d84a05 SHA-1: 9f7e17709fc515327d9cacf6fd278efefafaffa8 SHA-256: 3ed9921df9239f9022095ce17d668a329f6b2dfdbeb88e58e5f1413060449028
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF's structure and the presence of external links indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+pdf+fillable+in+acrobat
    • http://abwva.com/uploads/files/rikitoguxutefikoxu.pdf
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gk3opetcc3nfpfd61lvas8g5fb/nujimidovov.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc24fc6118---vunibovut.pdf
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/37323429994.pdf
    • https://panegovernance.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/file/muvonomel.pdf
    • https://dock-levellers.com/upload/files/xaxejefelonazabewu.pdf
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/bavodevadad.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acbb038cee---sigoxevumadiki.pdf
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b969c1ea616---kujirikuroxitufipanapido.pdf
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe94c0866939ea76b1a7d6b31f2ae910/runipe.pdf
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/vevumujejejawulumipep.pdf
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jsbfjqgfrfqna6lpd80rpbpr1/gutizifufavu.pdf
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e60ae800f6---5640352786.pdf
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f61007ab38108f34ea18e6f05e849d5b/73060872989.pdf
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a772e1bbd44---zojadusulaxenovij.pdf
    • http://waltwhitmanclassof1965.com/clients/c/cc/ccbfa8a87e297cd67510599b8aebcb74/File/5282585425.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608076d52f501---botogiwobotubeba.pdf
    • https://subarini.ro/mm/file/15111471146.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925fac94de7---bivanokupusatejid.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9506d0ca3faea41b5c91c274b6e0c1c0/resagezoxujurowuvuxa.pdf
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/razumubojepizozu.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_off0000f2fd.bin
711a35f8d6d3534ae3dbb5175b58528d2c9921eeb016122f4c72c74b0dad88a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FD 17272 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011f4f.bin
0319c1eef02b544621575aeefdc3997a61e03957719cf9475b52f2a041b5e1c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F4F 10920 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013851.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13851 16792 bytes