Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f1e54debf01f678…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:51:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0ee4291a6cc9afb1dd0cf54bcfbb45bf SHA-1: 6b3bb7b0d651cb6a6e46fb24fc2fa423d32d0f22 SHA-256: 3f1e54debf01f6783130d1188d1606f10eeb12eb5139165680e5f40b5c4972ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm hosted on compromised CMS platforms, specifically WordPress. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs point to various domains, some of which are associated with compromised WordPress installations, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination or leverage compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/79059980834.pdf
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/jevufamotejufuruf.pdf
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/14233559034.pdf
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e48566c9b23b42d0af279e9a22bc5b4/pubijozujubotono.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608adeea7517b---46909250661.pdf
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/180752367460d4e863af328.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5817e11622d2f11b8de94d76c05b016/73103556514.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10f75752778a5c99897276a6f61aa034/26656301502.pdf
    • http://minutemen-jrotc.com/clients/84940/File/95859277114.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0b4250d31---39268499220.pdf
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29257c11c4---66201557665.pdf
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/78645953177.pdf
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dcc3e95fb2---27097698380.pdf
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/dodibavununiji.pdf
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1155289f0---40478357125.pdf
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/setokozewam.pdf
    • http://rallyteamwalraven.nl/file/25580526845.pdf
    • https://elektrona.cz/files/file/39813735802.pdf
    • http://lyzjkgm.com/d/files/34852676816.pdf
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///pufakusaliw.pdf
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bebdb726b---lumapalixukobebit.pdf
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d329a33bd77c9a3164dcb892babae6d1/94228072814.pdf
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r3faek0l6ju012n4nmi6ff6as0/xobaxizetu.pdf
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094240d54ca9---73819852501.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=tablet+doxy+100
    • 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_off0000ead2.bin
87e8b3c1c2aa3ba0c9f2038938c0d98432e97984773141d73b9b0d28731d2b96
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD2 17116 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001178d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1178D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012fa4.bin
05737eda1801692cbb0da42e46f1006f4f5344c05a806d023067606089dfd3c7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA4 10272 bytes