Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f4b71709b882832…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:48:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c279265b158ad1d27929ef9535ddd70f SHA-1: 59f0b0d92f415a48d195060ce30afe39b0e65b41 SHA-256: 3f4b71709b882832f51a2e55e2083307b0ecbe474f124835e842fde2873ee804
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by a ML classifier and ClamAV, flagging it as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to contain metadata rather than user-readable content, suggesting its primary purpose is to host these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57146005533.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d8c068c08---pinazuviwutonegesodabid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prairieroseclothiers.com/FCKeditor/file/18081332287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df9fsmi6ofb3n7j0lp7m973530/tixenijiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/86464330585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kag.fr/userfiles/file/pupegoronupilukajibariz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u854si0l6ib3m195d5rp5kkk54/xupijul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mo-space.space/web/img/podborky/files/tidetotoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8b2351828---61312571459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87097e79deff4d9b3cc4ae0b8a63a72c/munidemuxafokerom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-28/20210828022251849375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/nefebinomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akssert.com/userfiles/files/worutapazejozategulabubep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanquinoafamily.com/shopadmin/upload/files/pepezuxutepabonam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidsjeodo.com/images/files/99671928212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/madulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c5718e991---24421466319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/018b0cc9ce31bc5bc64b1580af14d49c/23674472764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1798d25ce4---vovanodojigasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szemvidito.hu/sfwkr/feltoltesek/Images/Image/24543571619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/76561520137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a4108a6bf---jujawadufamabomizobiwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trellisdundee.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b4067713de8e8a819e40b889386e46b/48595378813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00a37b00bd---tafafejuxebimomanakelula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=light+phase+and+dark+phase+in+photosynthesisPDF link annotation
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22164392522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000db35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB35 10788 bytes
SHA-256: c861cfda42ca8d872306bc4672e79f51eaf43e9e579e65a3c168337703a98f21
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D3 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 8cfaee13862b10a29649ef979384f0de247436dd49cb288cda5b5ec02eab57b1
font_02_sfnt_off00012280.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12280 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1