Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f9f792a896542d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:46:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e2ac52f7ba90e6ddebae0a4affc1d688 SHA-1: 7ef951bf5f7398b5665e8def56f0f2a7b26c9f7d SHA-256: 3f9f792a896542d79caa57ecb397e348a2752371b6d888a2f5e3c89d16ae1757
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+link+2+pdfs+together PDF link annotation
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/ginajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbbac3b53e5a4b7bfa2692a940fa7441/3271118964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dtc02dvclksrmm2oj4ba9bk2a1/11611136333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonebreaker.at/vefedoxefog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/7435069987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nato-denkmal.de/uploads/file/zumitopozujojekidegelozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb92171b3ea---gobitinuzevujumotulomasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c89a2d2c32---wavapomotutusakunep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48b86c8199---kexizijitefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b82069eea---50558448876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mystruggle.uk/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81478925960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/46549222756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chetaomaynganhnhua.com/uploads/files/vawofubobupanage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/63222536473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c390ce3fc9d---93286895734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrvqsm02hmggkierutkgj0sce8/pusepinetuzaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-forum.cn/upload/files/6285529680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70a0e8d5fe7bc925ab1c7f0f0352f823/32787800508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/dajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/judajibufigenamawefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.tools/userfiles/files/34763054325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a40k0k81dduhsveddgdm92oe35/kakepiramoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownfallschurch.com/uploads/files/jotuvawigemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b882763b35e7758243a345a7575b88d3/49534600565.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_off00018957.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18957 19284 bytes
SHA-256: f9e6dad330e864923354df613b2efb5bc50d5cbf488c3e8e9c8cfc03ba6c78a2
font_01_sfnt_off0001bbb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BBB5 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 17c73edf747f90d782a81962cb8bed7b48630b3719442ec702827055afe4fd65
font_02_sfnt_off0001d4b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D4B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1