Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3faaea77ff629e5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:04:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d62fa0db39fafc599724e903493a523a SHA-1: 68871e3606a61eae6a4f3ad8f936709c1cfff4b9 SHA-256: 3faaea77ff629e5e4415f10f09cc99b4d2a481145aaf82554b49bb03585db4c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely 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 0.9956

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 http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/1058593200.pdf
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b51a489f9175a227a63067f6656f981d/43190243651.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab83682cddf---72331852406.pdf
    • http://hajni.pl/userfiles/file/33905955509.pdf
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8309fd9b508c5ca680fb62c5d98de87/1981311934.pdf
    • http://conditum.nl/userfiles/file/18259105771.pdf
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14d773ec003a922d15d10016f527cb70/74325943083.pdf
    • http://waberry1969.com/clients/877040/File/jofafitowovurubeveta.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0c5ca808e---pezalujuwesufujupabigiger.pdf
    • http://ilovechardonnayhills.com/userimages/89927173580.pdf
    • http://amidoux-peintures.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3103439089.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64038146a901d0f668bcc4b034f0f747/zoladege.pdf
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/fizibosuwujutiwewonafoki.pdf
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/kimigiberojino.pdf
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/52318773032.pdf
    • http://ekachaiguitarist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48746672260.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/gezunuxagaxemipapote.pdf
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokosavapukamitogumipu.pdf
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/gokova.pdf
    • http://fujiya-la.com/uploads/files/38284259041.pdf
    • http://aodaiminhhanh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/93539480503.pdf
    • https://harryfok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bofimepojedamosilejatizuk.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1770df4f5f329af2c71ebfea8dc78aa8/zakajilafewuful.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=colony+counter+adalah+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_off0000b2bc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2BC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cace.bin
1848be5bcbe62bc9d3c4a5d703e125c0c0220b7a77a670b02ade2790e24ccae2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCACE 15148 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f16f.bin
3362cf40652defa0cda3f2d9b8a9d0e0a1b7a44cc185adfa11bacc77b9400a92
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16F 10700 bytes