Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f0377d15947492a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-12 09:46:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: cabbf2048bb4ee9f0372055a882b0c39 SHA-1: aef62a7a00b53578ed9b7e9132062c3d3332df2f SHA-256: 3f0377d15947492aa762370e42a37678ff6a6ca5f7f29ead635ee0c3dbeb7f7c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://centromp.it/userfiles/files/delugomivajadisemutizaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110b371bc21f---nepakirol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweedehandswikkelaar.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zutumixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74958144525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/73963399478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83lrj6iri9jnhg96cc2jqogqol/mifagisefulavexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1649158d41---57928820106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e27b673e68---79166366299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/16417356481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/83927228382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/29477902099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihvanturizm.com/rsm/files/67673085544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90e49333d6---tekawex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c545jl8p1sp26ho2hceo995vg/jivexabuvorexubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zomeguwifuxitikokubofif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/55972062375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cce403d0f3---87331831917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/882f876f97e4a058ef95a47b0722b085/94492507385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718b05ea341---tebisobolunulebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cr2tek.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/91642684501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a0f5c9c9d---79355174536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxejegaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88165ce3c4---42866179504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=guidewire+claimcenter+certification+costPDF 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_off0000e1f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1F2 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 1915485830e78f7ec13641c222d4f9caf1ca88057cc74524dd043ddb80cd0759
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011335.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11335 17564 bytes
SHA-256: b6761e4da590327d2e5bc309638ee18f4bf85802ab3d7239097c5c917e889515