Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3d766118c8c4fa7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-08-15 11:58:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fdcd7563dd5aad27a35ae12529681277 SHA-1: 0bbe3a115e82fe48d22af0b82db4625c3a24bccb SHA-256: f3d766118c8c4fa7368bfa70e88467c1003b1d050334730eda1a6a9ad34aeb39
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+we+renew+trade+license+online PDF link annotation
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98ebd262463fb8065bf82a7b388f4734/numowavusekogobatoruxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e63406e828b24226b0b1b63ccb5fe5d5/31116606423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emachn.com//data/attachment/file/jafavaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ykzn8.com/upfiles/editor/files/60376194429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sluchatka-shop.cz/files/upload/files/zepuxupitubumigexodizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gufoxorejalokuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be2f7c46ae---mirolegujezogeregari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e644f1e08456178ad4f72079aceae93d/51810051041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/dizuriwetisonik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112f664336bd---zexesekemir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44dfcd9383---sosekuwibari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d890e0ed37b7ecb3cb269786b7a3ff4/kudatudasijufan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ff54ac1cb---mabuxefaverivuruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1855429bd28c387f520d4e1aeaf33248/65324874259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41b1ca5856bc5b7e08828cc084b595d1/teruripesalifimomaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubler-son-capital.com/photos/files/zejifesatib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcea2bd68612adb448381576c63e9a25/zefokevexubepudamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huthamcauquanggiap.com/upload/files/daxujenirakipujiziwutopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi-m.ru/userfiles/file/64659899288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759cb841ed8---67021504433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://somogyplusz.hu/files/76655579249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtreurope.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45673477623.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_off0000d2d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2D4 16404 bytes
SHA-256: df23ab283d3455913950f8613cdb8af22891f65008705474f7f5c0cf9b6a2980
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD5F 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 636c21d902f08fc6fec1941a6e8427fc6784572e36466a6a6926eff124150c86
font_02_sfnt_off00011564.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11564 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1