Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ee21ca9ce9b7181…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.6 KB Created: 2021-07-30 18:02:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0bf6ed23b315c5c42cd0af679d6b7877 SHA-1: fd891211bc77fde672b1414bc448ebe32d14e64b SHA-256: 3ee21ca9ce9b718174772a633f7af2f74dbe15dfbdeb799f3a3ffa4574e77d34
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing or a trojan. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

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://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolasidizifajidudijem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///2021061722747_390208606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/fonosenenevuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dc2cb8226215ab46d0faf2e83715b12/93895600860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac37e6b49ebe0b0fa9c797b7669b9b94/24472666347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://likeevent.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/tajifalomidopasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/6697450452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/60082539767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d10047f1ff---94233912053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/6376696276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiostocchi.eu/userfiles/files/pevav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easttbirds88.com/clients/d/d7/d767393c090093bf18db16876c07b5c3/File/84326183661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/42530720987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/46970405804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/47626982266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80d2a2635d---bodibupefukikep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2572bae5aa5444d1e58164ce4579f40/moxibuzazujeweruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6556074933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/zagaratagiroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086861be456f---86043313276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8389f7e49f4d46986060fcaff04b7a13/78932180940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/65791695512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/95042352039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a079b916aaa---rejolubesadelub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=mgmt614+handouts+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011082.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11082 16060 bytes
SHA-256: 2f306665d4631bf5729dee2f35834acca0f59e1db4db562b112de954dfadcfa4
font_01_sfnt_off00012597.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12597 17628 bytes
SHA-256: 31449769e0d3560ff168b22b326babadc68651a228c27e49428a27f6785a59d3
font_02_sfnt_off000153e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153E0 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 2dbc7fb9db962517beaf9f866651971f7bb6e55a15a07fe086d62ac83c9bbf08
font_03_sfnt_off00016d19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1