Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3a9d1175ca704ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:44:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2725b66698cc2618805e395614cd5274 SHA-1: 63423c47b38211dc9b7f62eafae7f359015e4871 SHA-256: a3a9d1175ca704ee5b438ef1cac3847d55cbb2a12553d5ea93b37c61a2e2a72e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. This structure suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to deliver a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c6c179e9fa1da6136273243373f1408/93226044798.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/92910177287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/76401556615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98c9084179ee90b9addcc547baaed205/74808713300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/kabifewapevigejeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc4ec34de2---pifulugaxarurano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/73576668057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3asoft.vn/img/files/41493945016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hogk857fiaqbg2dka6d1de78n3/36551067368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a16dd2b030---46464104005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/lozefetifugalavixivoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmsp-me.com/userfiles/files/14734254107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819f944b546---piganezotoxunubiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulgankhangai.mn/userfiles/files/88213762574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/68782070430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upbfassadenbau.com/upload/file/netejirulamiliraleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/derom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1b98a5705---dotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.educazionesessuale-scuola.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26109178525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d273e3c71a18e2eac6c18d7fe83a5ae3/fodogasumevebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanna-flyingclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pilob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ec67a40d2---mebikapixexegorusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/tokipivubutipofikijedis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/32792834310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldorautomaticgates.com/UserFiles/file/rivolibasosipumaresovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sorvall+legend+rt+user+manualPDF 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_off0000c3fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3FC 17424 bytes
SHA-256: 41c31a9cba358d63478c954b737608373f6f2812c20664960c0dfe58e11b9a45
font_01_sfnt_off0000f155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF155 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001096c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1096C 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 0f2a000fd1e682aabecd1b375f7909ae130503b367330658d7917afef0dd8d3a