Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3d6de098a15e846…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:51:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 670097b7375e45f05750fa32277a2448 SHA-1: 7b9ddc2ad4912036cd0abbcf4a431a8084ec2db7 SHA-256: f3d6de098a15e846801a1b993c929db3181fb1292d0efaf02ab77e9dcd09a0d1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL targets suggest a malicious document designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768438e82a4---99930304018.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ideas4mypool.com/userfiles/file/gumadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870af57496e---84460874822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/38142487249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/babewizibaxibonubabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/76938872162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waycreon.net/bhaskar/yii/upload/files/wixupumaxijazujovedezesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4e531d1288---1616445297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danburyhighclassof1961.com/clients/b/b4/b42d7d7907ff1a67dd6fd366dd3c6775/File/favifani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7dedgql8lrp7qosfroabgmlae/jujofajavulovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicklason.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72524545660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/dububutuwawivolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwest1980.com/clients/9/9b/9b13e9c1eb96aaf026ead536bb80a376/File/75128943481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63021k64bhro5cqh7r0jgdtm00/pobedijewofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4db911c43---jiregeborubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/368b66d5837da9b51b4ba38abfc20a6c/jesetidugulakobedazazufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigapilar.com/upload/files/zesuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d001148f0c0---runamone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c758d947c4b---85253432635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/zunagala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43547611754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/50969116158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4561b9ca4---55990206110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=metrohm+ph+meter+user+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aaad6b601d---kigeboriwuzovokufonuxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010cf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001250a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1250A 18896 bytes
SHA-256: a1fd4186e6b4985066eb68e9f5385ad2b6a83df1524bdb6bcace3c7d48116bfd
font_02_sfnt_off0001560d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1560D 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 5bcae70401b4a116546b139ef85c7a59940f04dccf7a361ff07009ba74376c8e