Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3b90df58cf4f08f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 19:25:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3f834a5261240b4b7695f9aa4d930bdd SHA-1: 059f9c5c28ade3e9a17fcc7a078e20c736ee774e SHA-256: d3b90df58cf4f08f41d5d5e10799b0bb41e8ad182c6d3776c8f2afde36d70db7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, a common tactic for phishing or distributing malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious destinations.

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=divestiture+examples+of+companies PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf417aa377---52050205583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef6cc6d87994997ce592d0d48cc22e5/baneruxerebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64b8868d94---18366072153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210710025616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/tefuref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088894217896---48194323397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6kinck1r3u5nmelbed8l44pmr/gulomodezexeguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b381dcb9c0c6982cf38c67613556fae/samewekafakimanokulelevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zurirerilezalug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/wedeporonogisavep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/sonixujixonenido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8vr146honbavapcqinu2apv266/xuzeremezopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd8aeb1212936b745b700aba14122d1f/jerufemojaxejigezunod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d99a5c82854d0e4e53ad735a96419e2a/50706856102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/52866254167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b5dceba3b---28460811336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885b43ae940---zuzofotojimodutexoxuvunod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c3cd3265d---lebinirokupigufitesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimobertoarchitetto.com/userfiles/files/5436568353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dl2tegqjbnjr5l6la8rvelcgnq/jarutupujapowobekakesulup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/lazufuwibebavugubimaxoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c2599236f3a8b883c801aa8015bb29a/puwajepupakodojezagifuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmaga.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/juviwotake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/51503431213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipuwelijesij.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_off0000e996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE996 17724 bytes
SHA-256: e50435bc4daf69b8bfe5f490bb32910bdea53ca2abf63dca657cb92ddd6a398f
font_01_sfnt_off0001180c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1180C 10908 bytes
SHA-256: b16d476ef159ab39ba4668bec962fbbf9c8c58df881de04c07fd53d47353472d
font_02_sfnt_off00013167.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13167 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1