Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f11f0bc932e4600…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:11:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8634904e77645078832f3cccbf14d802 SHA-1: c5c835e9836cfc45510f1e3ab48762a3001c59e3 SHA-256: 3f11f0bc932e4600c2448d927ced7136f4d3dd755f36417156e4050a9d4ce972
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and the ML classifier also flagged it as malicious. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9783

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hillsong+united+oceans+download+mp3 PDF link annotation
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/775f9817e5d27f0626cdad675da3e83c/40447178840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607257c10b1ce---62988667444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/duzegilak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/fonifefarekekanijubuxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077dc0115d1b---2757518267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0d7m3sp0m6rsfen73biubrvfr/banaxosiwogefadewano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6174b0150---bobavigukufewupabonelis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/10643886137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pottoka.info/files/galeria/files/basofafigobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d75eca1fa---16001862074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rltclassof1970.com/clients/8/8f/8ff9f19c840b982a6efda18ba8bb483c/File/39351383024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092478cf0a52---pavijanologegasovemenuteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f2bcbccee---bijovefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/52967249029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/41209684618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/fitokevukefelaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a1f8a48df---90821484524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33f4bc8a430bd397453c95d807ab7135/82863718916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfeerweter.nl/userfiles/files/jajidisefademi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086846a6bee3---66345746476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/54798478791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hmstj92bp1te073l5l7nbs0v12/95483919195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/kisonesorupinud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mstreatmentadvances.com/userfiles/files/lufuwimidonibaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/711f576aa7b53cdca26433baca6021bd/situlosamijoraxomiloleza.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c9f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9F4 18300 bytes
SHA-256: 320b11faa6cb770610f8a8813ab24fa07a8715b778d31b10acef19ebf8629e12
font_01_sfnt_off0000f912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF912 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011123.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11123 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_03_sfnt_off000126a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A3 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 95ab37624a807ecdab6d140cb42864f9a80049bb8cbcc29d1e747f91e25e5f7a