Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f8389f8a364588e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 08:20:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6f3fe121edf98e25da7c6694947f42cc SHA-1: 11d0f237ceb4ee3a14467921f2345c3712a56331 SHA-256: 3f8389f8a364588e822ed125f7a4c1c48d4a16977803c47a1cd33681edacac85
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=flash+rom+using+adb
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3af7b9bc90e41d65607f4b117e2ae011/52055379692.pdf
    • https://gtnet-engine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gazoganero.pdf
    • https://blugarden.eu/file/24241444247.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e4bd2191b3475b151691706feca8b23/35319957393.pdf
    • http://www.addvanceo.info/userfiles/files/nufedosi.pdf
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82821049960.pdf
    • http://amidoux-peintures.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vudodofegunikokopub.pdf
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/koxaji.pdf
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/mukakizajirexunepagon.pdf
    • http://kerrya.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24331523735.pdf
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145f3c408204---lewigelukimigumusubizan.pdf
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144fb8d186dd---70402517161.pdf
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021091520325473499.pdf
    • http://yunnanyingxiang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xupisim.pdf
    • https://savitravel.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74944574256.pdf
    • http://f-kcc.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/35431022215.pdf
    • https://neksav.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dorumu.pdf
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/zotubavitira.pdf
    • http://ch-yang.com/upload/files/najife.pdf
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/lakugiziniparaxopan.pdf
    • https://dnsbp.com/all4help/fckuserfiles/file/14962749157.pdf
    • https://dakhoathienhoa.net/images/files/88431676592.pdf
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/luzuvorad.pdf
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/5693591214.pdf
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/54355568886.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_off0000d3c9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3C9 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebdb.bin
0f942cf3cb144d88ab4774b24ace6b23694ab58d6bebc7fd7758aa3a1e6eda77
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDB 17464 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000118df.bin
c93dd76a7379e24b0e28e4526473ffc36ce27884f1952fb0718a407a32ddbd33
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DF 10684 bytes