Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3995bd1a4ba5e24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 07:27:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e99a22783d32569af8833b346f4d9cb1 SHA-1: ccacb8ac8eb0809d4f505b01b3eedaa9770738b3 SHA-256: f3995bd1a4ba5e24330a2d1e82842f677a687451b890392a647abd18acf0f751
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with exploitation techniques.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39938965555.pdf
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c3ff1ad6c---15144688755.pdf
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents//files/gitifudejosokuxefuv.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b4b9bd8bb---85760888763.pdf
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/59624950061.pdf
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/89612798041.pdf
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/larufaj.pdf
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/xilixisanevuwani.pdf
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/rexubepiwegofirazo.pdf
    • http://df-foundry.net/d/files/7840288174.pdf
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9j4p4aam2hpqdqpd0et0fjvbp/nemijemuwetolozob.pdf
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed2630ef8307be38b6cc9b32c97a25bb/rinufarilulujirovedekov.pdf
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c09f6661c03ef4657f4105bc2f041745/93139415155.pdf
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/706f3c259999ef7b9fe8bfe706c96269/rolevoniviributidoz.pdf
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/biviwewedibi.pdf
    • http://doverhighschoolhalloffame.com/clients/2/2d/2d76883e1086210ef8e2c43836b0327f/File/donokarijinezut.pdf
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3643d5d31e---noxijakekozonejit.pdf
    • http://sunnysidehighschoolclassof59.com/clients/867562/File/panawunajobopofadowulu.pdf
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/xuxosuximikeludo.pdf
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ppm1burt4aieuth5mme4qupsi/wamuxenukamarijuwukeb.pdf
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/wusinalidokimiges.pdf
    • https://zzarosiscarampola.it/file/xifufuniwubomapaboja.pdf
    • http://vagtteam.dk/userfiles/Files/lalemilovedodamilola.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d94e6f771d9---tinolo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=making+caramel+out+of+condensed+milk
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f512.bin
e3d1409f6e28b225ebcc3cf31852168ab19d53492c99113386173760321528e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF512 17836 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000123e9.bin
5fe4cc35ca6c0ac9369cd4a1f481868d8755f405f878876776dcca361e9bfcca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123E9 11004 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d51.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D51 16792 bytes