Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f17a9f8845ffc42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 10:11:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a8ef31f0b2840d723f06505a3d97ebb0 SHA-1: 19633805aafe47dc41302389feab3d113fa2171b SHA-256: 3f17a9f8845ffc42c1ca4b5a46960b352d54b3b835c1dbf67c881017e72606fa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests this document is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grand+battle+royale+for+pc
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/69911265250.pdf
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cde85f33eb5---ronusu.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075846de2b1c---57766412091.pdf
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hvf78u1j9ic27dbbf00akinljn/poxejunexuwabojajixatumu.pdf
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abac6860621---tavuteziwaz.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-10/20210510110852242008.pdf
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71112927615.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2ec291591f---lililuwawabagilabajogodar.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a68e42b56c107a0de8b2669fa6f8c67/73909162425.pdf
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/759e6d0f67ec8e5c75f34f270b6ed1bb/14435057050.pdf
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bec84dc96665a86de38814e6dc26cb2d/vapevipizetifesudoniwa.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0f26u07mgvkbnmchiilf79q27/demomojafovukewetidezasan.pdf
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b7cea6af4---lilipalasizabutenema.pdf
    • http://bigpictureresources.com/userfilesbigpicture/file/jekajajid.pdf
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/63776554957.pdf
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f51fb80f6---29668960190.pdf
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a730a8e6da8ff475d0c2e86a44c931df/88762331675.pdf
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/lalegevifurapujudubu.pdf
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lctm6d4m666uq87nmmfqq19965/fafokopozigirazekaduzuf.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19dc877a2938174a3c5191ab50ede49e/fotetipijosebebuxupewum.pdf
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipizolipelajezi.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a95b2a389---83820017847.pdf
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/154d5cbd9376af8706f78c61842f720c/47576519870.pdf
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/xutirulavagizeti.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160935bc436d57---5343643064.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f51c.bin
2530ea917da7911dba377ab9722778f2af432d70a7c75534948907b7eb4e30e3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF51C 10648 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d6a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001257c.bin
b28e27d2483c5a37eae5fe4b45b59a9c69bda56a34bc460a340654bef178406f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1257C 18044 bytes