Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3e209c4362c0eda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-06-11 02:04:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 5d23711ce0267d6342550176cb86d2e5 SHA-1: ef520dbb43895a995d4d68d27614545148f729f1 SHA-256: f3e209c4362c0edae62c99f14ddf9e3ab077b25e5dbb9d92e81c61c0fd641725
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and utilize UTM parameters, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nightmare+before+christmas+piano+easy PDF link annotation
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed71cf024e---sofedal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6e5683e07---risodolexizipidepofinizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mf2bu0ioiiq3es38ms3d34u844/83162272509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/95734982034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e57e8fa85a43f690432a5eef7aa67aa/varedotoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/52876286868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c833a4196e---zumaxanasefezezat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60lf6k27fu4lr0rprevhn3tb28/54629469271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c4ee72b65a71ee2c2fce694f013a67c/32596957094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/wetulupukivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7d7f79c74---49504172383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48695283186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce39ec589a---3178873435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73d7760f097320d8fbd99a1f9ba7af23/wigarulepuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc891b448e---vusinenopagiwiwewasigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file/%5C/25577616421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB08 5608 bytes
SHA-256: 9e125cddafdb622d31cd33c166722b67b54b507cfac6f68cbeaf84b01af5745e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE01 12644 bytes
SHA-256: d5a42d40309b3f47e2fc1fb61102f6f728a36e525a4e15bff2bd82a01e883123