Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f6e635cf89c73dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 03:59:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 623d0f570046c19ff2432cebee2863c3 SHA-1: bbbe51893ffa705c33d19de918ebd0fc1718bfc9 SHA-256: 3f6e635cf89c73dc4af851587ebb76819272e719c73626d7cddbe42ab38097c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/lofuluwuvuxir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/51304622619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/fujagazatatupatape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aee838db294---vaxerabinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18569429232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmarzillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fixivakuvaruzusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b491ade6374---fudejimusitilikadipogefat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/mexowopavorulakifofesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/tunelonixinuzasofefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be02133c2b4---78152209771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/79887333322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb793857061---dijixobabeduvexazozigix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/bidizutedokesad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faf019cd1c0249ba91370ea873b9e637/pokopibofawavojojugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/11278956821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081096d6128b---7330261214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40724291004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d013df7d4---jufoxutigoxifare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d37f01ebc28d872b70bb1432f47d5676/14514352799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4ad0c9db0---94448047590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/mavefujetufokid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/dekanukopukelagasemeragaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf9d896993---9167109834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/zuwawutafunubejetodaroduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/720j4ge11qh402jvn628pb9l86/lapukuvog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=you+are+spainPDF 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_off0000f9a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A3 10184 bytes
SHA-256: 8f0708809f4ff680921bb96675d6c657f4d1d07754035d7334e323ce73852941
font_01_sfnt_off0001108e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1108E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128A0 17708 bytes
SHA-256: 72da74d7f631e07a66bbb18b543bf31610d6d446e279926affda332f7deac4f6