Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fd47e70daa68352…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 02:31:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 30c15b6853f8113448534ba5a5f57873 SHA-1: 0fb072777bb4285fcb422dd04dfb6f13b999c189 SHA-256: 3fd47e70daa68352c83a3bd6677de2fafb5dbdf42eab29ef0b964b1eab5d931a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Several heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users through these links.

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://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xanefisevovigodezusukaku.pdf
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pejodaxob.pdf
    • http://avision-italia.com/userfiles/files/77130341582.pdf
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/file/rupexufulog.pdf
    • https://cobrawire.com/userfiles/files/dogurugimi.pdf
    • https://www.aledrukujemy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46011617714.pdf
    • http://xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bogigatemaluxudow.pdf
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326816aa9cd---3682971510.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f50f9212a---3849428754.pdf
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210908025919_1321043811.pdf
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/73154798721.pdf
    • http://peknanevesta.sk/media/file/65632044340.pdf
    • https://doanandieuduong295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/vojerunetaruruzesodivako.pdf
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/lamabov.pdf
    • http://gdfsztal.com/uploadfile/files/65826312187.pdf
    • http://studiogalata.it/userfiles/files/gozobiserubepisabejajuve.pdf
    • http://15449010.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_A65B9CD28CBB8944.pdf
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/rugonutozup.pdf
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/senex.pdf
    • http://koreadramatour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_6F1AF0BCF564E33E.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f38812c453---gimefiwulepijulepupamox.pdf
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/tonifurot.pdf
    • https://aicpwdosaeast.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sapipujujikozajudavo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+draw+a+frog+step+by+step
    • 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_off0000e3ee.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3EE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc05.bin
e2e59bd62df8fb74820e54191d537d0f9664837ff90a86d8a12ffe89aa082db0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC05 10764 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011484.bin
e1415620be5f1ea0ab635dd6a7d8f3b8980823df1976e3a70d7cf5c50717ed85
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11484 17276 bytes