Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fe8738f8a5dd0c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-08-13 10:19:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d6923d09d519fb544b364a62e631ecd2 SHA-1: 4b10b9ad5b238ac3bb29f6433c2763fbf419f242 SHA-256: 3fe8738f8a5dd0c18f6e91f3848084187e805871b53cda7ed6a921489e271a34
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further suggests a tactic of using disposable hosting for link farms.

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://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buzukaripuzol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/55240856751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/kuxivuxerisesilabifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1475j3s97pjipsceeb75u1vfum/vevisinijez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c15b585e8d---zawemobojobibowajukife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hmc80nfkqkbksaoul1b9jancg3/35836888305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30e6859b21---nekusadobuxejinigojebowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/vejiboturusorajinoxipun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bcd7916ff4---40275423486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef00aa94f1---foserobofuxatubebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/vojofunetamibirasoxeruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f77d4500d44---xoromazusitetefusexugelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet.asia/UserFiles/File/30643357083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11d900dc0c001111774aa893ee15f207/digukezadavivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/mifujubupipataxukuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotekonybakterium.hu/userfiles/files/fezew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210531135208_1606642996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3ctnk08modknphhq7q84ii277/duwazusigazikimigaxofatew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxujabuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfrostov.ru/upload/files/gidajivegapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/25146030702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k2plusinterior.com/userfiles/sebizivoror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julianowka.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8767763831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/19427415738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/julutunuzidotelomavaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=libro+ars+notoria+pdf+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off0001119d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1119D 19860 bytes
SHA-256: 6bff8ed37a8805b884918af6a5f3a167e85b06b6074b6cd41011589fd51f68f6
font_01_sfnt_off000144df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144DF 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 9f336259012885b3f0763d1556ffcf89460bcbc311059428a2ee44e6d0bc8608
font_02_sfnt_off00015d5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1