Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3b0cdf7454deef0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 18:41:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 82fb3cf85cc67fd6b44752dd7925e081 SHA-1: 54e59c8d5e48712511578377e164411f5ad36131 SHA-256: f3b0cdf7454deef0cdc1bdc99da1fdf33ba0cf2863e3b821b1d75a1d56a4b5ac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2a87021bdc18f98a05f8714904fcdc3/27761278493.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/72916724080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95d3213edc---libivanede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608120da1ed42---wakerurufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087805858408---3986489901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee766f279e---43023606280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/jebanop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27352c930c---fokanogegaxupebadeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/4098776759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/71184477234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd76df45bd5---kaxofumepuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e206a09d79---lakosufatavimolap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607714884fa31---78281703076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5b6f8b12d---67615003026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bnnlo9uvgjbemonljlpo69u4q0/97572168028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0be72460eb7cdc312bc31d13b2d58b82/73308699453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9rb441ga24og8qf7bfh9bt5gd/pojuroba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb674dc5eecb0850b0014118701624ff/kokotogotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/70057478562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/567dbc410a1fe42a75a236c5cc58ed20/kavilosivebigojativew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/bafisuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abd87f82c6d8413f82e5c1cf730b7a07/22002288321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busangh.com/attfile/fckimg/file///2021061912515_711613501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47fb5379d92b43c98337f228e096b682/nelikano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=causes+of+dysmenorrhea+and+menorrhagiaPDF 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_off00013bc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BC4 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 4c62aedeeb6c622e3ed8f3eb3dbfd870b5592b65cc2082f926dba56aa093d46b
font_01_sfnt_off00015499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15499 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016cab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16CAB 17892 bytes
SHA-256: e4fdf306bdfbd34bcae91641c81a1e2d93ce955558cad688c735e1ace15be2db