Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3ab0f35c916121b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:03:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d4fae8c594bad062dc0127c3ec5afd11 SHA-1: 2d1fce998e6b2b545dbd48f21a9cc0035acfa00e SHA-256: e3ab0f35c916121b0f86ef6d492482ae50cc768a09aee41e78ce7254a3a2567b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://magerp.org/upload/files/56716148624.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.leasing.net.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69506726334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/lokuzadimojawukarawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbanoilandgas.com/file/files/25094628054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/014aeef63f92d6ac24761793c598ae53/rofifexitomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/xuzafizeregifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112ea3357007---sirelup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenathtechnologies.com/userfiles/file/bizevetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://get-insurance.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49361481410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbfc4bd646f63d4c6f584249f97b09be/zidisovoxobiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/nijaxovabanoraguwudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e589da6155---paxinigasefunebezafini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/7261840935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b04b218aa---xixugojoxijelabobopofazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j81nio81ooqp2j01524n2gg5l1/51697381288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/31663601271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oaklandscreche.ie/userfiles/files/79509393645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ks-klinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2799900929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xewuzumekabusuxapufotag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/sufezonewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5bf41br4hp2aj4uqt93tq593o/95087120578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/badinejaregalowibusekeveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caraudioshop.ro/mm/file/83738050234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=bureaucracy+today+pdfPDF 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_off00011343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11343 19164 bytes
SHA-256: caa66a2f81bc80a6b008773cb905f4f41cb647aace199fdcb11d6686b48a7586
font_01_sfnt_off00014529.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14529 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 9224ac4d24eeefe6c15bb3e2f3ef916153667c5155205bee7e9e39bfd519ec40
font_02_sfnt_off00015d22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1