Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3d1bfad2b9bc102…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.7 KB Created: 2021-08-05 00:21:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c03e2a3e565b43bdb5d582aaf04253cd SHA-1: d89b25cbbfe7f79aa7a4aed755556134ffd08c1a SHA-256: f3d1bfad2b9bc102eb5a96d8eed42603d86267cc1288938fc5d1bdf361062398
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing pages or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are typical of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/82157084491.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38261776306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bb4ba7ce9---25315520866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/32850257628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b68586ced---42735289658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/wojusefazemupubodapiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae2a1be1bba31246bf14d2ce725acd95/tazivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57bd7e5e93f440679e88a170b0f420ba/5104774931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/duzefejiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae6f5b5272---17676783980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/61144450235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-bau.com/ckfinder/upload/files/73082282714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794412242af---fuwitejanizoromilisepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/mokobaxilukazugikuwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/74611992230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michellesmithscott.com/clients/36670/File/vorosidopasopofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f59c99a6f3---gudupibedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmvbv34ghqt0opmbdeifkkej8d/jirerofuzevifuregu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/godoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///77136092758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9105290ea621bd9086445a2f3c187706/43178729711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609412b0bbd21---44157013066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5c65450363---31624191382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/71574324442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/kazenasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=sample+confidentiality+agreement+template+employeesPDF 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_off0001231f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1231F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013b31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B31 17192 bytes
SHA-256: c15981901023972972dcb52fc2904ad9692d0e01c72bd0911f5cdadf491aacda
font_02_sfnt_off0001683c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1683C 11152 bytes
SHA-256: f6a9d5379ab7f36c74763efef05b08971c5ea13ce16d9b1c91a403a9ed23a4f5