Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb3f3de8151cb40c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 14:33:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 3e69d08e12bb3f3951aa2bd0d97dfcbb SHA-1: 4ed1efbb8e0253b20aee0e1912c7956371169310 SHA-256: bb3f3de8151cb40cd13635631d44d6ffd0724074a0fed24181648570d65cdd19
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute malicious content or manipulate search engine results.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 http://zhongjiukeji.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906091359771264.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://synergienetwork.net/userfiles/file/29048717482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/fedokupuzuwaluvuwajefefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360199749d8---nuzemiviwalimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metnar.pl/web/uploads/files/60602750661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps.org/userfiles/files/lavofisesatiliwefedelikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/55080402662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienphat.vn/imagesflashupload/file/mevizifazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/kogaxiluguvigiwekenij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notar-frings.de/userfiles/file/wiwakiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ed20c1d05d8e48be6b1239a06caccda/59369935213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog/file/4087132556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77237875083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/54433735127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f901df2800---kunaxofereveka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dcf0f5065411d56ffec2ef9a24df3ae/duzirojiwobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/retokuwodira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/voxobuzawojikoxeliwexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsjsbzrw.com/uploads/files/15998433105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7f5db588c---fugew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/rofojifozifizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icloudcleaners.com/uploads/account/autoresponderfiles/mipafixefimadodavelukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/46665244283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/32127036267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gavinlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bokurofazuwosawom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=watch+the+dating+list+123moviesPDF 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_off0001087d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1087D 19312 bytes
SHA-256: 814db98ab555da79a229aeb3ae91aa7c93ec67556f636c4749c1e1677b4dedef
font_01_sfnt_off00013b26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B26 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 96db462b7eff7b951c00e6d09eb23fb33437fdd95960b85284a42ff05d41cf2f
font_02_sfnt_off000154e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1