Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3a39df49d0221cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:54:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 240e0ff2694e8b0261f04947cb8a06a0 SHA-1: 3aa185f83df166087d74487375a2778e6aadd20b SHA-256: d3a39df49d0221cc55dd88bd1c3df7c4b1d7dcf44e3dd92b3944576111c5ee93
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs point to a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The PDF structure itself does not contain readable content, but the presence of external links indicates an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=undescended+testicle+operation
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/irujewowepapipezasafiz.pdf
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/rupinolipukege.pdf
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/3461091340.pdf
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/81236108683.pdf
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7g57b9rf9puopa8he5o4b8240/fasiloku.pdf
    • http://5m-tti.com/uploads/image/files/33160449458.pdf
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9hi52qfv42vt9q1v66gasb55vn/jelakenizikubagezawiji.pdf
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3a1f1a823---7445247349.pdf
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db6be5fe813c01b9deb43b828b0bc5f4/553513532.pdf
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e1753cd236fb8b07192b6b16eaa5466/82363449345.pdf
    • https://bulgariapools.com/contents//files/91283737062.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c4e3abed06513bac418b0263f390b09/78793374555.pdf
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1husm7k2gemq7ng74vni4t0rg/bofodogujofitopobajinev.pdf
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/33700555260.pdf
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb8ef1a7b8---jovurubij.pdf
    • http://kimwendelldesign.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/batup.pdf
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc43e7b887---rozowemudose.pdf
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/janotarelu.pdf
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16093a012c53277cf09fffc6ccb0716a/darafuxuxugijudusi.pdf
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/60467453944.pdf
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///puzomurikijirus.pdf
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8cec3a5f0---welafikofus.pdf
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3abedc06b3---51139317077.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809fcf35243---mavugelirilenojola.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986e8bab11e---96969250888.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed73.bin
753c69746b2d6c1cc68a2bfe82800d3c2e07e2a101d7b1445cb985259e4bd8d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED73 10512 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010575.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10575 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011d87.bin
7faa931991ac3e93a77892f23f3775ef031e0603073c6e314769cd13d15010fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D87 16972 bytes