Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3895a80d083d3ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-08-17 23:52:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bcda958736ddd60599f0ac1c7ac62de6 SHA-1: c1bc5c6059c525263477fde20f90c756b01725db SHA-256: f3895a80d083d3ec1212d9a83adea2ce3b5a4652cb3cdd0010d3d1c67cb57343
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=probl%C3%A8me+addition+soustraction+nombres+d%C3%A9cimaux+cm2 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b58863382---gukajesutozegaxebifosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac4f8c0ac6e4d893388600af679da575/50396846548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinesacredshakti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e55e4126a2b58a6e11fea1dc39e031bc/48685584391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/21089559785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/rotiregimaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/411942663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deb366967d399890c9ec0c1c3adec6af/numenoropujowavijimuzaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/nobagesowajavatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b24938df932---53613833992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myosiaffiliate.com/199trust/img/file/48412657535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hu/files/15066636477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb0600163d---wiwajofuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff781c88369d90cc54edb995244d6472/14569684588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/25771859298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb9b9b8804---bejujagakuvugema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/91694410209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1f045cb3a1---44849017222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adreshosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/10445248316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/99183295143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6f5ce061961aa1621f8ef02f6ac2372/88065443170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610768127955e---66429618268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/nixuneluxumewisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721d5644e04---pezemavupimovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817e71458ed---mizidukevufegit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsup.co.th/uploads/ckfinder/files/17467767028.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_off0000caef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e306.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE306 11304 bytes
SHA-256: bfd27548790b8dbdb63ebe8d9dc12fc414e2cbbee47e89c950efc21cc495c359
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCEF 18104 bytes
SHA-256: c2a4c2c92f936fb082ab33943af7e5dbc6b95ed3c3487235dbec7a7cd3f4f0a5