Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3c333cd50334589…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:48:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d4a8e5cec5f3d4a96a371968615fc969 SHA-1: aea658c05c2201407f2e7c3f4c4972b99d6d7007 SHA-256: f3c333cd503345898b3dade40bd25bf63ca66cac7eecaa68a4c4266181ce07a2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/bojozafaxogunirezoxom.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sinc4s3486rug3cip20hl89685/bosoxopisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/xolorotanegatiputepet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f8b5957de43d04f89d00674c2cd122b/63166006985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd54a02750---vufipemalogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f3d65dfb0b15b2c3acb75064b20ad41/49051245425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mednet.mk/public_html/upload/userfiles/file/ronorotedipulujazasugego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac32e604c802dc839539d20e6e13ef07/36844316629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c91d15b34---39197263829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p16ne9s29ruao0d60a5tfatjbf/tiwuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac42a148b76---58952299688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0172caf2918e87e9396ec99f0f6baee/45808491275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/025b53d6b51251b8a538636daa3b4cb1/67953402590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4e227e4c8---16993490111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fq8et55hd0ak42arc9bggvjf27/jupakegugirilavexide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1aa7751c8---25726046160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39972179226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929e72973a8---kafikeviwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1db4d6860b---74832882678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b434b366e1e---xiremezowodidaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bee1c1b7a131ac147c2c58f7a4e8fc6c/vuvobelerizexetisepunuwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccff958c9a0c06078b8e86db68a82e20/77459748514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a429ae08d2f---lowisodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f32da07c3999c0eb555432d35eccf2c3/firaregusumoviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e86d7e89d---24433075658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=dungeons+and+dragons+spell+slotsPDF 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_off0000eba6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBA6 16568 bytes
SHA-256: c52ed0daaeb331645bec7c66eedebc550e1c7b7922e570cb0294976a42a6c1e4
font_01_sfnt_off00011617.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11617 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 900bb3abeb7d47d838bb519f1e4557849a9e489821a1b9a7e178f6e1f43ff8ae
font_02_sfnt_off00012e33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1