Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f6aa77fe38b9984…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:53:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b15403a67f808e087bb86e15a6cbdad5 SHA-1: 56fef7c17d13b9d287737f494d466b61d0d6dfad SHA-256: 3f6aa77fe38b9984ec09d53aee2db70dd4dba14d1f6c1bdf925cdbf527141f78
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The file's structure and URL patterns are consistent with a spearphishing attachment used to lure victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gestalt+therapy+verbatim+pdf
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/dotuvalonas.pdf
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/kisosepumufalekovan.pdf
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5082f207c---96683671615.pdf
    • http://uptindia.com/newsimages/file///xekagosatulamaworajirobud.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34739633c2---34513337843.pdf
    • http://abwingstop.com/uploads/files/88128845921.pdf
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jddrug2j09t949eppfsqvekom3/rebijozofur.pdf
    • http://targdenunti.ro/userfiles/file/gepujawibeweveposis.pdf
    • http://thuexe7cho.vn/upload/files/rexubuzafuvajekipit.pdf
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/17129322480.pdf
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/sajudokoforizitene.pdf
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dacd04bcd---82634220832.pdf
    • http://www.ktgroup.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tavokasudupot.pdf
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d1fcca79f---99144637294.pdf
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089fec2c55da---vasilupudejiporuzevozos.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c010b7a28---gaxonurime.pdf
    • http://livingkaneohe.com/userimages/vujomebezub.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46e41757c6---98247722501.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607158e403ffd---nenopuro.pdf
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba95949a9b501430646215c67be2c88d/seweg.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b698d613537---mobipeguke.pdf
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8cab46730c---kijewiwowo.pdf
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/midoso.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db22.bin
9825e2e1b10b640dcf2a1b2575bde0e2a1a0a62bec78272d4a94f3777b903b7b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB22 17404 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108b1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000120c8.bin
e3a28e104ca87ea8f70798cd55b18b1f225367a8f9f1100e7e857fa63bf17385
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C8 10900 bytes