Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f23b97bbaefbc37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-07-18 20:25:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7ec413b8a5ac39c99d20636ca8274955 SHA-1: 90ba37508eaa08a51b33c8cd59e7a90b79524a85 SHA-256: 3f23b97bbaefbc37ba5bb7bf59b5323afbed4fc44c5fda6bd6bf3a4178529b60
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. This suggests the document is designed as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c5dfd1673---65090228757.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dk3lom95k6f8s7dvmrtjedda4m/81776003694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.com/contents//files/degukovewebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/mumam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/62955866135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03dde0da57---91802547902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/pixabipijiridituta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapremipariwar.org/userfiles/file/30665196028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1984wnhs.com/clients/2/25/250e0aaa51dad033202e6c34d8602b4d/File/lobovemiwuxopurebizav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/30255802713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfulmedia.de/fotki/fotki/file/jixod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ca8ba6cc7---wirurejusibutexuzilipew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vmvmpu1snga0q8pgueov3k7tj/bejiwufure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/gijavolofezulajediputef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757dcde8f3e---51875818922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d4ac08d1---rafezeveriditibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d01ec499b0e---domupup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cochu.net/resimler/files/43395886485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078676217c12---selisesozum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biancoacolori.it/userfiles/files/44995161117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/56054411083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbhs1967.com/clients/8/89/8985ce50e7417da620f75e2af787291b/File/nefukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/nodijetajasotojevexoxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/55024199535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=economic+geography+a+contemporary+introduction+pdfPDF 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_off0000d972.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD972 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF184 16516 bytes
SHA-256: 134befb8b0f48c596e8f48eaad973e67f5236980d739e970b636d4059ff140bd
font_02_sfnt_off00011c08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C08 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 4745ec7e9102fe5b33f0e3d48ab561881aaef653e1a678d67147c5ed0bd838f8