Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3033bb7f9ff1400…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:26:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: aadbd7cad91d638e4e6a2ede1271b877 SHA-1: 32b0fd2af94a84c86354d0793fe43461e0689eac SHA-256: c3033bb7f9ff1400c6e0b207f4b1f3217441638cb331e40ecea1daf4164c00d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm or redirection mechanism. The presence of these links and the PDF structure strongly suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e48801b71---44594039683.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e553468de40f1c11808acd5a6fffe6f/vajivofufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1k1n3h55o6s04o4ju6q9tq0s0/48363990937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b098da00a02---zojezefixofiboxijeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2640560be1---23268194224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021061720441280554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811k3cbjmn7bfd3v8f40aujij9/wuvebevabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2acdcef80---87385330818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3108e2493---52852382041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4a5dc875f1b91ee3c65c8cb16d76cbc/28678141647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5922491468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/862f6f860d7b6a950b0227bb512aa1c5/62256870850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntc-container.com/upload/files/kesopewonupedimoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a5fe4e94e---7545932452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makepizunepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmjmt.com/news/upload/file/210823185133644128y5lcc0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soroptimist.be/oldsite/intranet/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/images//files/xotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedowimujigifakovoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904d1cd5da6---javagezufeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/61097509708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/xorupegizigujawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acef3f41fce2989db8131a170eb8ebfa/bosiwuxogivameforap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37a9928158b9eb25b5a570561694c252/26806082273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/guxipemafukaxeguvabaner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=quantum+mechanical+model+and+electron+configuration+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000c487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC487 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC9E 11260 bytes
SHA-256: b56e42cfa7fb575ca8656aa6c10b5537896f42f6abe107b12faee3b6661dc584
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C3 16920 bytes
SHA-256: 321f6f15e47b2e85ef35d95f93dc990f874a4684f4cb20d13e7d17f7fafc42b8