Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3aeabfe1ec6d781…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:29:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 92bad6f8a18ecdf8358c7c49b4adc184 SHA-1: c419212dc40304b5a6c5180e86af0376a79a73af SHA-256: d3aeabfe1ec6d781304f1874f6016d2544c73a0240b9f244b42041d96b0a8ab3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to external resources, some of which are hosted on compromised websites. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute malicious content through deceptive links.

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 https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/xevetanapi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mycocoa.org/images/upload/files/tefabomejifebimixagamex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/4287949914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/49023702484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7357c6525c83255e70c5b604c5380ef7/lekokoduto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88257113426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9094a12d8f---2368778615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24aqari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80278010cbcf44f200318b80430e4a60/26363281866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a122b94f2b5---pofemafipebukiwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibextrail.com/editor-images/28757294847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdeac307d45---43188998746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kyousei-fukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dixomirafepibodize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwanbim.com/userfiles/files/10214620803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121cfa2e3b9d---96769010750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.com/userfiles/files/lefarukapumozudubozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e810ce40329---kejawakuwemodoxema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curryleafharleysvillepa.com/hang/userfiles/files/34504632348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/zugabigatowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37d1aa51628771331f9d8772f4d5cdf6/20044061178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubiimmvn2oidb9bmm58cb9cp6s/dazuketobusatinix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ec5fc60e3b---burufikizogawizofusilawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/127e7a888e1fd1ac6fef7a1713d7cc81/kixosanowuledit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a48fbdca61d2f4f40029e9fa4c5dc21/68649362271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=core+java+interview+questions+and+answers+for+experienced+professionals+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://b2cdemo.tickets.com/content/files/tidavaburasukikezudoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e25b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE25B 16716 bytes
SHA-256: 9f7ae029907cd0142caefa5bd9999ef34b68938a9f16d8447638c0da6284c3de
font_01_sfnt_off00010db2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C9 11276 bytes
SHA-256: c0ca593086cfb17e158d0d855d7f26e9883544d5aa4195422654bd5726f08e15