Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc3f5e033de96b2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-09 18:31:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 179c590958296ed780cd7af0286eaa2b SHA-1: 9bb581bbefb29ad5f2366c96c1deea2ad0cf85aa SHA-256: dc3f5e033de96b2dc5b8529f68105455b474fe1ec011562c3515af96caa2d431
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm, a common tactic for phishing or distributing malware. The presence of these links suggests the PDF is designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5hk47e0ittje425gtflf1cpgn/13229658293.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/821df0iivbm459ig9b3no57nm3/20396721562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/55468385440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47415fad0e516168f8a8eb33b83fab72/xemadixero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajakedua.com/contents//files/45377933160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/sumififibanabezom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c03e516511---fepizibixekiduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813f20571f7---mobusesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085229f76c54---zopuvudidelokapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5p4cir98po7f4uhur4etokp3g/sajabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9ddcc6872---jumatotiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6fddaac27---xikonewikula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/85370846284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609644f8a5eb9---wugaxivurunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5aaaaacdd---batejepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n61pmegmsbm1b91jo6niehdf57/dugesobubosovamasukere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d6da12571---mikerozelazewaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jejiwasilupilodija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6e7964e078e3d0961a546baee3b1248/soranupufuwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/nupetusuratapixadugub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/62740558271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/jufuvafuwebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b53dd80fb6e---suvipomubuvifijapafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=autobiography+of+a+flowerPDF 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_off0000e64c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE64C 10788 bytes
SHA-256: be0bc2966a1284c60d9226c7776c0f41392ea3e0c8388da090384d22bbce994b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001173d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1173D 16304 bytes
SHA-256: 6da96daf55144c5fd79f4134d039425a4f603b3ee5e6e4d2d231d81e7e760a75