Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef3a1d472b215535…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:56:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3c3a3ffda4308d7a0ebee79a96c99c40 SHA-1: e1a96e471b6f26f546565c725cb41ba5935a6b6c SHA-256: ef3a1d472b215535c311ec09e35f5b8239d57cf2c9fef0236fb193798e13044a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites 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 distributing further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' confirms the nature of the links, and the presence of external URIs further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gegevens+android+telefoon+overzetten+naar+iphone PDF link annotation
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab1d6f28e1---59067310061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubkao-kubpla.com/userfiles/files/55883007100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inkjetartandimage.com/Uploads/file/wilabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbaoge.com/upload/files/35231203176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massiimo.com/piceditor/file/tidizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210906093435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/metofobagotitov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/85361826107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/6899894285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textmakareknutsson.se/upload/image/30409134729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abyss.sk/userfiles/file/votesesegowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanilkwanla.com/uploads/files/5815360416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpzbeldowa.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/89195101384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/bomuwujirobimidafevukema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613de91e69759---kobijoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gimnazjum-krasiczyn.pl/img/userfiles/file/legularikeletigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vadihosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zekagukefigiminuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liweisteel.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/povadirotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pethouse.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujebemubuzimovovupuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210918133519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f096fc75cb---6219080170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d64dc6f2d0376705e8aebf6916eea9b/buxunufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibzakon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87773444513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nazofesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelalbicia.com/userfiles/file/81180574972.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_off0000d76a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD76A 10940 bytes
SHA-256: daf38ba8e2cb9e04d25f3334357976fa6780c4ae1274c3fb7fc74ca77fd46be5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF097 16468 bytes
SHA-256: 2c76b61adf1d1a1c90e242f45c9204cae8b84a1707efd094bb9ffaceab297052
font_02_sfnt_off00011afe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1