Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1c3808fc9ca5e76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-11 09:01:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 62f61b4b1ab31dfa1a2fea80176de911 SHA-1: d3d57b518d6b467e78d9c0901799ca38317b1f64 SHA-256: d1c3808fc9ca5e76e600108f0b1f58bd8a7da52e47016ff04e0724e802b372da
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links on disposable or compromised hosting reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://westernstudioservice.com/admin/userfiles/file/tiwibedodewapemiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373f71aa094---falunokodevigad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://space-edge.com/upload/files/fofufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbestdesign.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/45383796743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/wafeloziwamakilirefufifaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spcinternational.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30133407452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.reclaimedoils.com/userfiles/files/59792232841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15770468014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuonlan.vn/data/upload/files/48774122603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/kasivizabitogekiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/86045785589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/440caba094a47100c29ef691ef979358/lobemujiketujukoxawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsa-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balisulovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ligababawebirij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turdv.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/49214289862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez1.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53749968587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stnicholasway.com/userfiles/file/jarizamiribowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a501c3eaed8cf4b4bf14451684fddbb/wogoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7c0fea252---89487818184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioambienteterritorio.it/userfiles/files/murawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35262376721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3070eju7edkr0dmaetvtp74f6/lepirikutor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioiulianella.it/userfiles/files/mamikipidopumejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/73881838074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=allwinner+a13+custom+romPDF 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_off0000e6a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A0 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 4e878562a8f3d0eb48655bfbf3c57393fcaaef2fe1a837eebafe7ffb6c06e95f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF9E 19964 bytes
SHA-256: 4cec5eb4ef4bf98353ec9b033ade90b83e44de1ee019d9c2f91acf8b7d00bb40
font_02_sfnt_off000134fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1