Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f223379e322a288…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:02:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7e575cc4ea5a8460cbf31d75148ffaf3 SHA-1: 1d0a96db17bddb466261df8b5d69f5c331ca1a81 SHA-256: 3f223379e322a288ee2a9de83145938a22143d7181a11cd1587037d83a95e88d
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 or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, pointing to a tactic of using such sites to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://an-ocn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90709776206.pdf
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/finopikedibitufupinaw.pdf
    • http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/98261767972.pdf
    • https://pustelnik-budownictwo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4028473096.pdf
    • http://ulsantour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_2DD50E6DC67823D4.pdf
    • http://standardamulet.com/files/files/dotofoxotuvutifag.pdf
    • http://problemconsulting.com/img/download/files/xikegavobeber.pdf
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/dutugimojidakejasegazeju.pdf
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_CF68FE02504CC529.pdf
    • http://cesishotel.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/31728864091.pdf
    • https://nidi.mk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bewedapetanodus.pdf
    • http://hosteleriayvending.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotajukevoza.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8418c8584cf1bada347779bf315a6aca/kiwefojofer.pdf
    • http://maturitni-ples.eu/UserFiles/File/lukuzuk.pdf
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xokenitixunug.pdf
    • http://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/93084396543.pdf
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138b871efad8---22845690791.pdf
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6hrlgmmhev2m233saidnfdbu4/96923059500.pdf
    • http://interroadholland.nl/userfiles/file/juwakemawibixuvedit.pdf
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3a8070f57ffdc620b428f09c7088670/70676637912.pdf
    • http://terwaarde.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juribajipo.pdf
    • https://daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/povim.pdf
    • https://lemarko.com/userfiles/file/toduveselibabusobo.pdf
    • http://youngdongtec.com/userfiles/file/25162318668.pdf
    • https://partroyfuneralhome.com/partroy/assets/file/dadijano.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=touch+to+talk+android
    • 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_off0000d9c7.bin
8da810e264f81652f5333d6c7c3497406218954b528cc5e183bd20ce481db234
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9C7 18520 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109b3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121ca.bin
ef43802a05bcc5d97b72c3d68bb7e0be8fe1a0689ae92fc2b2f8f015bbf58ca1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121CA 10320 bytes