Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ee515ff207d3384…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:49:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 763ca72a8cc8e12829c44822aa7e3fd2 SHA-1: 8738890e845e4edca4517ccd0e4789549258ec72 SHA-256: 3ee515ff207d33840f23e1a7ea70e202783ede815973691520c541f3cf266e9d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to other PDF files, a common tactic for link farms used in phishing or to distribute further malware. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics strongly indicate this malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection suggest a malicious nature, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://tyextractor.com/d/files/20257730361.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://konemara.hu/userfiles/file/demiborevisatuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/63587720170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewhitmerlawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/68962893564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egc.ecrom.work/syo/files/15444890756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/38610334973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/83914115979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ktmcollege.org/public_html/userfiles/file/13332608198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/89864634784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac54da47c38---99367000969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/kuwupisoparoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a129a5ba31a---kiposowabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htygroup.com/upload/files/bugoxemexefumurapop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abca8ac0bff---42529202538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orourkelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/43184451137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/21257191740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easternresources.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nogegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128c964daa95---poruwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/75657915141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2e40da907f4ece39643de0fbfe7752a/83207067398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/31762316506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/80179192401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15f1a58690---kuwemupetumuvuwonejulomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b5cc46161---lapome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6tuto7rv6kot42084p6m4uduq/12062775177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=jahangir+world+times+mcqs+2019+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_off0000dfce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFCE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7E5 11752 bytes
SHA-256: 118fa790323cf10db4e23820e5639a8d074392dd6f3063431363280ddb7d92de
font_02_sfnt_off00011361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11361 18092 bytes
SHA-256: 344f468c39deabde73926c097496329ba6745037bdeb10f37a3714c201588851