Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f2b2c85dc6f94dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-16 22:09:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 10a5df5cd7dd47a66c7d345f0e2977f7 SHA-1: 7c4e5bfb93a4e5fae661ece7836273e8059827ba SHA-256: 3f2b2c85dc6f94dc0110e071d1e8f4f616df59a49d8f6e5bede2293c9ea5b052
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no further context.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/31917406253.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36t2bqu5nt5pjop0npihua2st1/32943058121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lpm2m2dgj28151qc4tla7qnmc/70412411755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prcvdv66sn5pgcfqdu7hhlcao3/6110451743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f38s6mq4sm3v88tml7elftpur2/89055662471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/95081727308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neilreardon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/40721615024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b87d611f1243b3bad8f63edb82719da/49223261025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cirfosbrek4h00ic676vn6ou2/50381244811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c52c2ee37---87936773015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/32227833977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/34002460416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07e14339d9fb0b22e689a40d2cc8848c/92838563968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1d1ig1110jntg9966i330563d/femogegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/49259687136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0c804e4d8---tisijaxegafuwolasit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/tigakubedojowometagaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec533ab35cd---xikerilodugavutix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/55218356359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d76a2c37fc03471ddc17e9e6898c5e4/peramusuvajotutagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb1374c136---rupafobalekuvaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93533542470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4uc6hmq2te1oodh8fseskm8s49bdc5k/kareroxugesexosukipodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+delete+learned+words+on+galaxy+s10PDF 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_off0000e6fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF14 10800 bytes
SHA-256: ceb1aef32b86f12fcd045ec1a0a7f0d936d813720742c99e2b95766787982ab4
font_02_sfnt_off000117fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117FE 17344 bytes
SHA-256: ee8eef27639220a15dc62a5bf1649af74686fc637b3ec660170e644c88e27538