Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3a0f698557e7018…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-08-07 16:49:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5a0bc2dcdcd69ad56a37b424ac3d353f SHA-1: bbfabd7981a4f85498efe1edf56c8b6c6a246e1b SHA-256: a3a0f698557e70180e58fd5cdce586a31272dce117fae5375930ab49a44d5b81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely to facilitate phishing attacks or distribute further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f32ad3e2749c1545e57c9c00a85e605/buximojujexinarazesug.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/91529802698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97eb8a72e354b7d73579d047a31987d3/89223056731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpworld.hu/data/pic/Image/file/fosugomapalaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vi66o09lgicihok4mafuf5k637/73782343265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba32b37a99b---zegezusemozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/63197972712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dpd19jhhks0o7ddi2f8tucbhf0/21526207319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/nebaxisedegukavuvojitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fujewesuxapalafalitudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7916684b05---26629734283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52952d3e4e930436cea3bb2317389ad5/megumanetaxetadopofuwibad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd9673760d---wugubarereregijigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940c30b67b5---rovazebugidadetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a085986a919---52709132626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4619418215---54457897200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766f8b417ab---fibogugakivudeloxizugel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772137042f1---31838833275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/51145275933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/94296581585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a11074aee---mutibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/37720419211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=standard+progressive+matrices+sets+a+b+c+d+and+e+pdfPDF 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_off0000f819.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF819 11196 bytes
SHA-256: f89f3404ab7757c10238a566502da6a6101647895a01b9910e1bdb770b109d3b
font_01_sfnt_off000111e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111E4 18160 bytes
SHA-256: 7a6ac4d1869c3a9a5e335eb5a72e1ddba43fc5c9675e9a33b02bdab062d20524
font_02_sfnt_off0001410d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1410D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1