Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f2aafc29dc344c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-08-13 15:30:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 02bd652092c84b110c26bb3e8878e1cd SHA-1: 09d6480837f240cc63fcab07f27b853afbf2a903 SHA-256: 3f2aafc29dc344c99e739ed3d56e038704dacc68048ba204fdcc68f4ca56ebcc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV confirming it as a 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic indicates the document likely contains instructions to open a password-protected archive, a common technique to evade security scanning. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or link farms, suggest a distribution mechanism for further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/74503661076.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yfatc.com/userfiles/file/49137810545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intervalhousehamilton.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romavepisiradigipol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushipickup.com/uploads/files/bixubitifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5623148a9c---31031683280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/babivevimemugodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e412a24ee91---89718304479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/48364551532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/287ec5b09ff38f16e1b8faa38ae81dab/45404795381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9roidc5iff5mc65g27qrn37sqs/dazep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxixapedopilenatabupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltprof.ru/userfiles/file/29712442905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60589938629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/75951206180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0hbvsr92raitimf0rpdgr4cnv/vojebotajixezix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8nafngd9tn9pp5s4qd4lrv4os/60567063421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b3ed6786cb1df78754182aa06d99bfc/64183861071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/gafepafutokofumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bebeecec1c7---98590154002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/tavadetopajesonidubakesom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsnail.com/media/userfiles/files/dafasebumusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8fcab9ced46de7dfa0099e298795e78/80000683036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+clans+free+gems+no+survey+or+human+verificationPDF 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_off00010f82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F82 16848 bytes
SHA-256: 4fa0b7c7bd5f68940cf4497d9fe89de769192cf377692c54bf334b12886e9f0c
font_01_sfnt_off00013b19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B19 11096 bytes
SHA-256: f0a9953714e1d1397e84d5b6984c5ff382f25634ac5af61072526c658131a656
font_02_sfnt_off000154de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1