Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3d6b0af7dee4932…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-08-14 19:42:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 49ec232f845014013c8e373e5b22a317 SHA-1: 8e2c66424941560f789d66e08f21b6144cf0dc10 SHA-256: f3d6b0af7dee4932a9040d8eac2db798f97172d4d0543657a2ec38a6019a4d34
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' directly support the link farm and compromised hosting findings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://tienhasteel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/97776266590.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/53461214264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/povizovegasojiferabali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607273173e68b---69549512484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea08f3cc50---kunudunisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/20299485443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/tifotefokugikepomagiboka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20ac5b7eb7492d00f8f74ba30cfcdf93/walafipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f5db7051a---15159392180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcd80d6688---rararuposodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b75013f191d76c9f4978d5c1ad3b4c17/86812748844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loxulazavidujozakofus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/5893449875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/89542719841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ba379de2c8304903dab3510becc7af7/20828372021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/wixorikezalexak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://racecross.com/upload/edito_fckeditor/file/ruworipeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/fakunaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27ce9a61896d7a466af5cba93fc7522d/gotuvulepoxuvuvorejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751eabb4e47---numufigizelajopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namadagaskare.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91659150549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/135bf1ce43e5cd262f435814b79a3f82/wafuganazadojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/764d7158d2375211ca67f97cb1c1d76b/71678651071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/js7qsfmvrl47cuse20sl0650u1/pajodeluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=textbook+of+pediatric+dentistry+shobha+tandon+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d6e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6E1 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 449a0f14c604e49e20082efe9b09940d1ce89b029d5d33b123497b9108ee55c4
font_01_sfnt_off0001027b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1027B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A92 11216 bytes
SHA-256: ded2fdeaeb14f88161f75d624e48bb79ce53bbbd17a3150b7ba22eed0e787d36