Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3b6ca6f7c3c0551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 00:28:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: dca85e7383ff7b23c80eddab0d95c26c SHA-1: e8169b582b5326154ca27e8f03299335798fd2b4 SHA-256: f3b6ca6f7c3c0551dbe7941604aedfd6f70c56de8bb677d36a1adfab1ef17e36
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The structure suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and evade basic detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/kofewubapobakukinuro.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bgc3rvrptvf364m08rjlfci03u/zagodatuxatuwuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d1f195143b47621a88bbc02dc5dd61a/dojolazana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0950baaad9---wukosawoxagidol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starkhigh1972.com/clients/d/dd/dd83d6d7846a033806cdb512e10d7d7c/File/37784420533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb4401285a---murojogarukitokexodoveru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc225c90e1b---fiwujorosirakawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///nukitubesale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9753e94ee---99436175492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c6237bf63---dipukegiwupewigilotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609026e4e1884---wejexivumaxovutukejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phoiinnhiet.com/images/uploads/files/57227871313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/vimimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/12838718760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areaengineeringsrl.eu/userfiles/files/20692332994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b27560231---18997236224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609809bcee302---tigilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/katoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/ledurefatijafuvema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents//files/nekupawunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14faae48cd43324c10c0c22e3bf8de4b/tetuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58nctemnndrekl3qa6l4p4d5a6/jowanagopovedalaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c56d2d78f1---67696664573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmypham.com/luutru/files/93164597690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=identify+at+least+two+substances+that+would+need+to+move+into+a+cell+to+maintain+homeostasisPDF 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_off0000e319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE319 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 9394dd8a1f7151bf883802d44f343a7ced48c5603f5850ae2f1c878cde784636
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCDB 16684 bytes
SHA-256: c2ab978946699bd1076f6f88d2f1216fda290693ddace8d3f39ceba19fa7db63
font_02_sfnt_off00012843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12843 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1