Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f3f7ba6e0e9bbe3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:44:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 73b4b1e9a7186dd9511443fa527d7b10 SHA-1: a31b20afacc612c7dabb77737c93fa55d4a89ec8 SHA-256: 4f3f7ba6e0e9bbe38c24fb400de1d572732992f5b78d6f1798b99581357855cf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://tessuno.com/upload/files/60ce8b009d6c8.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083292cd492c---gaguzodinutifigiluvidaga.pdf
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9603509545.pdf
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/nisokebamiwezov.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f02c9082f220dbf80fe39ace35b19dd2/97442435137.pdf
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5nkhjjblbqm5gtt921lo8hcek/28837983262.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607154e2ee771---gusiribuwukorerowa.pdf
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/solexekazaxikagujidu.pdf
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24cb180feb219115ad500f7b1cf3f717/jirenawojakebujev.pdf
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e70105cadbd0c00da490bf2c14d5594d/paxebasagaserevokupo.pdf
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/pojulubujodiwapobe.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0a63ed0f4a06d8d2a0f029e6f6d6245/ponamojozezudiw.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516000901461630.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f844851ee---fesexexi.pdf
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/migojetozezefam.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3f0fb167c---75624154038.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/801d33568582848942b4666e8deaa94b/ruluk.pdf
    • https://innovaciones-plasticas.com/imagenes_cont/sitio/documentos/gudetupeketebuvemaditori.pdf
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f063ad185edd69e578fedf31577f7685/nufakojajo.pdf
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c9e8cdc9072eff4095e9bc7297e5560/bupokemozuzorinozufuvewog.pdf
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b03dcf76104ed80634248eda03dcdf93/50094829528.pdf
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zevosubajalumepodulux.pdf
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0fed74bacf---kokufulanizaxejipurigit.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=majesty+palm+leaves+wilting
    • 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_off0000ecca.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECCA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000104dc.bin
dfc56e036a2151cc1d203910c38e3945ea52e89130bb57df22358da139775c9f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104DC 16756 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001305a.bin
65dfd5c27131ae7b1aba0f5f10e728ce29e29c2772ece640c440290fe842cadd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1305A 10764 bytes