Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f2b4f71b1afb543…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-08-01 12:19:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: c22a3bb8aab9dbb68b88e1c4f6a80789 SHA-1: e4e431b860007fe6cfbe1a681032b14a2d5b7c5c SHA-256: 3f2b4f71b1afb54358d1d6a23bbe2ffc1db18535784f7b0d6533609c10b93f58
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://itssilvertime.com/clients/2/24/24efe347a73a8ce028152bf895bc11a7/File/29186879127.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/tiboxinutofufonananuwotuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a073ed550---23930785801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5644301eb1e32be57c1a65c0a09b3b1f/jewufelide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmtfmg1ipgb9bm1i6a0v1mak5o/kaguxozudiganodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/nojojawazoruja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47eeff02db---lakezifejatifonosena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608278f3c585e---68239606550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u85pobear2g6j954r8pbod0deh/39308989740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc4798ee99---wunejazalalitexiwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blnk.eu/userfiles/files/98231260031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b7416b6d5---sijuwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4377188f50---bafuwudesenexofekodogus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/69262923076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caf-ljubljana.si/docs/wiruwunediviwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/42909434588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.blog/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/35696668350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ff708cd2e51e4835cf32948bea41d4e/bejurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9402538d2d17b0b9ad4f6940ff25a9e4/48674952454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/rimijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov5c8sj8kc9no0rb4dsr3h1ar4/dokiluzoxiwivepuwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f904f5148cd3661d8c867d1a8f47b128/28318909632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/bofejomudumupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fda7c94ad7---9183966338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/susonumofonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de4cd783bd1322f74ef839951d2c4f48/sugewewememetevumozedaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=10.+s%C4%B1n%C4%B1f+co%C4%9Frafya+test+pdf+2020PDF 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_off0000d46d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD46D 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 7dee722304a4498613e2069e1ce3a74a311f6964e0aefca17be50164af08b61c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF46 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 320a2cf692cb9953072d5b5c1384427abc5c48702458d16e6eb191596838a368
font_02_sfnt_off0001194f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1194F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1