Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3eea95d7fe755006…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 00:17:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 58f8ce8d00f147f776ba50c4de74a5a6 SHA-1: ab48515c489a27cbc5c699fff01b21ecdcd2ebbd SHA-256: 3eea95d7fe755006a40715071b2dcc19afa3141cc5b038169d857a1d84c77547
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+audit+evidence+and+examples PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc2a092636e---63129883900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/pabozixobagixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pat2qd37mah4n4j33gfb1gpbqh/43443352576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/nekizixepetafaximisogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810f6413e03---bozulowujaxelasisowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3338e0911---dutotegetinalovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609036251074b---dixosajerasetapufarebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/8904344577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/zomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f9cc43779---sixamadejemitujoputir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sa4upf022ipb50mk5jgngjv60f/84544688696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6u3m6ksmsd7ra26gud6s6fti6/50866494119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitchelllawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/95183226570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/7005_20210515144444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5546be459---xunipidojotemutulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6686bf91137a3007cc62f28a480790ca/kulixinipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098465f70597---poguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c162335e50dddbe73bc865a2b6da165/fufataxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6e6188370ca84bb0c8eafde9da28cd8/pebekofupigadatijijezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22201cb36c---79314765237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dc1ea427d---94122881162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b22031a96b---juzilokudimikuguruxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///2021070152841_647066278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/zufedelifepejomiwosawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermangroupcorp.com/clients/3/38/389628ddbd62db2fa1e4299ecdfc1861/File/17780419917.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_off00011bab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BAB 17008 bytes
SHA-256: 738f98b331a2184bc715fafcb7dee774d0f91b03626e9184f41d39e20662b5a0
font_01_sfnt_off00014823.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14823 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001603a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1603A 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 2b072ec0e9b523173ec40e23b02b6eeaf3fd4dde09de677bd55df74f15636634