Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fb6f1d3497ecb5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

150.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:57:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 305a167ab0176ec3de7a021227d820bd SHA-1: d4301573cf84a35d9ca8d0687a4a8909f293c73b SHA-256: 3fb6f1d3497ecb5c441041aa2cd128a72329732d8542d9b9e73bcbab22c2ca3d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm, directing users to multiple URLs hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f384cca5e---sowepuboka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/46659138663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/4448103592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17793e840837974e5b6bb98f4794d98d/tufijepilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/79777104523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087be8eecfd5---dasumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65e1208977d3728f9f0fbd1963e9d2c9/zoliguxitigazisutikusezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1748608438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b519f86a5dddfb5ddbee6b2ec20d0995/zudupufetuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/xiledu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924e5c2b5ab---gisebatebozikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0840dcbdd---35133848299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bf177f1d8ab340924d30a807fc3bfc9/nibufetinaripevugaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/jepomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/472942178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c474bb992---topajubowoxetipebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa7633ke10qrffoespodp0j1cj/2089249416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2a456fb4edb2235f5ec20294a545c01/45338707483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3a8116e8a---xisojawolowimevewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/jolulunowumilataji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gfmc9suli4ulll19bn6vfdudc/51788973527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/87905857003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=rational+choice+theory+in+public+administrationPDF 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_off0001e971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E971 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 9096beecf6438f8ccd965b9b8e7907d9cb61b85db791f3920d50ac2ac04e9464
font_01_sfnt_off00020331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20331 18976 bytes
SHA-256: e15b11a4512b37f0e14725c008d090a8acf43b1782b2891e537f7f1a7fed811b
font_02_sfnt_off0002323c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2323C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1