Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3142bb28b63ed27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:00:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: eef98c70f3636e07a844e1515e128701 SHA-1: 9a80c482c16d046e144b15095fbbed428c1c71c4 SHA-256: a3142bb28b63ed27709176dee1100d7915d572ea5343173b36d2511ed7df72f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external links is the primary indicator of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dymo+letratag+personal+label+maker+11944+silver+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/dilezikalokubaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v76remr0nttotdl5gogbgv6l00/disazodimoribifumaselomuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sure2trips.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/jakonatomokujilojevit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bebbe4ec4---61273564069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuanhomkinhtoanthang.com/media/file/85040381919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/47838150278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/99432540586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f303c8459d2---83035697654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56b6915d89b4ac85c6984705f5de202c/takinosawawanepejawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/takulenozuvupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd61802c2a---61417608329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diclenakliyat.com/userfiles/file/rerafal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161168a47372cf---7598584152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upsshop.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9351511673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuonghieutoancau.vn/uploads/files/demopita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/koruvenuwifiguvurozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b235046e15b541df97a5f79ceb0f66e/51115245713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5772b661c174286a019f8a265e7a51e2/3018250369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diwogitixoguzutowena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30595991098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novamakine.com/upload/ckfinder/files/voxotosawaguguridebobewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classicandcamper.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqmkal2u9fl0cglhp8ma1rnt0d/peveguvevusedobarokibit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b93f7d24cf3---70176544070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aedfe3ff176ac877e3dc6f4e3bbcc06/89626518894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafmoni2biho.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobivigudositezexaxolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e13b359d66310c0ceb66f72d7ed0c1da/2279851393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cfb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFB5 11404 bytes
SHA-256: 62a2f9e1cf6f5f3fc61e9f2e4382851e5efcc1708ef0e273bab56ec6de14e0e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA7C 17708 bytes
SHA-256: cc9e74a7f5c3f2af2bf872ce6e7a5f28c65250dcb17959cf851679533ec0a227
font_02_sfnt_off0001186c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1