Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd3b169e3f7c75c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 19:16:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4f6291b1b04e4fbe3c125704e9c0d940 SHA-1: c27fbce08650672fdd6db9b563f1bd7c1955a79a SHA-256: cd3b169e3f7c75c4aa6cec1b059ee8677361f6c714ea64d7b6a21dab6b450a0f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics reinforces this assessment.

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://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a8be4dcf63745c0b3287770e5c14507/dajofexuditojupepogir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tbta79qckpnqt32ijl3rsjr79/95718362481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/24603730205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sikirufokobovogubuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enerjipiyasalarizirvesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbd033e5be---bubaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa9939810f---tanag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/853a413a3294f849f27ad3f01b722aa3/13521791542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thlff5m2v1l7kdj6k91s70rfub/61939906116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbf81450843a5c8ec7ccfcc14e90cadf/robom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/87443519026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86e7391158e9afd52f53b5b70f5d2b15/jorepamivumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40mb9frsbf8pmto5ktfpaqvu8c/35852544947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893f182a60e---duguwewujegebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a187502c9a5---79810245544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/71749195881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d07cf64769---wifenojemolapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/xujevuxizixasimigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc7612ae11---rebeteva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/vekisodebotenazaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mulhe8um22l6vmn4afubj409au/893098533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/bomuzosowixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082848113564---6864407624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608722ecb6a2c---16535682938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/41987069161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=hack+for+8+pool+ballPDF 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_off0000f082.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF082 17888 bytes
SHA-256: 5f16e119294fccf3c98eba0f58e5065770baac280ae09e3e2c84603076ee0beb
font_01_sfnt_off00011e78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001368f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1368F 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 6542453af46b6f314c51383850313935f5a4e0ec7f6b9781f03f59bdc61696b9