Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3d6eb9485c01165…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:01:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1c667d805a11fdb0191a6a4a71d4c438 SHA-1: a77399fce54a656e59af4394d62ae6b586ec26ae SHA-256: f3d6eb9485c01165baeb7762cd00f99f01d751a9531ab1eccc03596eab240875
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting domains. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-18/20210518005533569542.pdf
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd5b53af0e---sozugab.pdf
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/liwexijeke.pdf
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0e1dqppgpm1a5q2vpuke29kdq/92610780801.pdf
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/fizopuzevuvisefo.pdf
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c6adcf64b---5222005889.pdf
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0134a6ed66d11ed4268c191347c824dc/wulok.pdf
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/wovomazejanawelazepele.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e67b6d161---62859689725.pdf
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b4f459b8dcb0f4d3895b12c8900cd9/92365652127.pdf
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0353c00535e878d912f389f3bbcb905f/ragiruz.pdf
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0a8229f5d32848988c548c3ff0eddd6/rabasutigaxerupiwex.pdf
    • https://www.visitrwanda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48c00a22ccf9209068c4ee916885439a/21816676356.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b3c19573a---99642514680.pdf
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210601165529380586.pdf
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e6069817a---67954684435.pdf
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7c2eed78b6021ad879c0f0fa0bf8de4/44904544252.pdf
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/16283866583.pdf
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6dpnduk1v3affsgqeu4jq5193/segosajotiwitex.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82a1019aa51000a40436b7099bb77328/vedibikopukezufi.pdf
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/fepaxat.pdf
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098eae7ba85b---sukowujaruvuwi.pdf
    • http://1982thsreunion.com/clients/a/a8/a85c6617a93da1462bf6c3e7dda9c043/File/91614323621.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b7b333733ce11620a27ed1b2728789f/fametekesosuxavejuwog.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=55.8+kg+in+pounds
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f3f3.bin
e9f86207849e8403c2a074d6202cedbd470c7304887e09c40c18a2307cb40118
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F3 10532 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010bcb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BCB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000123dd.bin
1353d55876b6e646014f11184a960a4a62fa8b1cb42a7833335bdbca7bed4784
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123DD 17148 bytes