Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f5bf35ffec01c22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 21:22:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0d9760457f7b305d3c8589e190938e99 SHA-1: fdf2dcaa0248e1d0a13a75a55e730a71c4eb568f SHA-256: 3f5bf35ffec01c226e88e020136c17d33a3f134bd4df4fd49bd541d606f1ebd0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to download further malicious content. The presence of external URIs and a 'download button' lure suggests an attempt to trick users into executing a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=simplebox+android+tv+box+launcher+home+screen+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/38591350730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kqcme.yiaiwang.com.cn/upload/files/buligaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montazerangroup.com/uploader/file/64234725515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier-genealogie.org/File:/nibovakilixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarigol.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/49633839086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rent-1.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokitup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/zipud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369f97a1a44---jukawonodesodazenozuzafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents/files/65592072725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5m-tti.com/uploads/image/files/zebutixazasadazize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2fefbadb2c9b3e399a18941c7495b10/magajobamoxepapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quanhoangtsi.com/upload/quangtri/files/50703828463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c10eb9e522f8cf9762982d9aeb7cac5/dafevojixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/20000404380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fa722a021d---70982459150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64ab52bce940d2ed3115c162559ade03/2074516447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/jezujuwogaxoxekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29314487967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/nuzesokumufurepikof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392f9850c2b---muwifepijugimazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxobaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369add5d420---61149932386.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_off0000e317.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE317 11356 bytes
SHA-256: 7e06caa708814e7abdfd6fd299326b8f61d39a8f091317b70ea7c2e5272bcade
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD67 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 247c22be0b787b4fdd6e9e2d66824acf143df8a5a2521e9a7b6e0cee55643105
font_02_sfnt_off00012824.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12824 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1