Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3477cf0354b3b8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.6 KB Created: 2021-08-09 15:11:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ff776bccea1dffab70db9ece2797c189 SHA-1: 5eef4ebd1f19a28d19bbe4d99e8e67988a80d65c SHA-256: f3477cf0354b3b8b580207897406613166245a4e097e8ffe413dcfd4bff59d9d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or appear to be disposable, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phishing content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+complete+data+structures+and+algorithms+course+in+python+udemy PDF link annotation
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/todufevaselagodexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/06/file/13953071420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2cf070715---55154420429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keiganproductions.com/clients/863431/File/tajexunibosipawit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/16587938751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608345a70f39d---82957600508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/birezufuwoluxorenupikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/mofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609199b55b9d6---tinurakamogafonajejupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/66111514397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/64526422017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a15f2746f---femagukezibik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/jogevoxirodatigem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumesimoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokebarslo.com/uploads/files/tibibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/bexidajobaxulinomuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/20173098910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mprime.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jireporekumuwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linhngapt.vn/upload/files/76155247385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca3901ae84---27784445591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moda-minulosti.cz/docs/momin/file/juseriwunufiberuwukagax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17f1a7470a---21214664751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824d24509a3---17336463627.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_off00013d5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D5E 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 35c09f105e0a37945762d4c5831d3d72ea6d978ca2a61761ebc415ac80943621
font_01_sfnt_off00015701.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15701 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016f13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F13 18840 bytes
SHA-256: 3bd12f4abc10fd421cc7b9ec8bb1c34f5fc4e6a7f83863b76aed6ec714213e58