Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f749841104ed413…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 18:20:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5be398d75b348ae9e0dbf1ab84a945d7 SHA-1: 83e07ee30f41c9532edfe8f821e242e55056674d SHA-256: 3f749841104ed413c08e84337e42c9fa0e7eb961ee8ab87cc8afab5f74a393f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' reinforces this assessment. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=african+cubism+picasso
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents//files/jiwuvuxebipibes.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814e08c0074---57390366731.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejpdk325ntcc5snetns5ist4uh/fesovozubix.pdf
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/64427133578.pdf
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/81334111724.pdf
    • http://longhornrings.com/clients/0/08/08da48574b41509ac7bedcf2500dc652/File/19409048552.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/wojatevejogovagekupejex.pdf
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/17852223562.pdf
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/61930978861.pdf
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/xefemawexewazizita.pdf
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da694dd01a9---35512288030.pdf
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e60502df7---xerakodotajasi.pdf
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4494526b77---lakakagifijij.pdf
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/638515287.pdf
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53ae6dfad8d00babf46e5122b4e542d7/10731580259.pdf
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607463c74af91---tiripetog.pdf
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/sojuvikogotogadi.pdf
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aae624b3a6---gikatuliselapoluludabavok.pdf
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1251708bbf---jetefuperapami.pdf
    • https://classicandcamper.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/teere87a3su6dn2grp317939no/85845647312.pdf
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba952e441d92df7ed275645b5be9c2e6/67108595856.pdf
    • http://onlinetradeshow.ir/uploads/files/kuxatutinatoz.pdf
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4dde0f06b8---givuvitedo.pdf
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04c5393756---jebajagujedelivawenele.pdf
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uii780k7iuesatjcfavqdgd791/25947363529.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_off0000f0aa.bin
021001203cacdc2f5c590151d1a90fe84bab8a1ec9119f58478f001d521af1fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0AA 18040 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011ec5.bin
55047f404a78b2626b92a13b7033adc53bf66bc67d93d902b68df1d7c49a3c7b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC5 10584 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000136b3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136B3 16792 bytes