Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3e705bd426672e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 13:09:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: da2f8ae42e1a95ab34e0d529355d0c14 SHA-1: a04d79a9f6e1f4129f80ec38401ebe6b3cc94130 SHA-256: f3e705bd426672e77e2f1aa3548479dc74a3e414334d1d80ef9659496cb7574e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic indicates the presence of algorithmically generated URLs, further supporting a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+hp+to+ps
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3eb4d355a0---2622463906.pdf
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/174c4610c759adb7a2bdd97056c21491/kizogobora.pdf
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f96b8d4fc---givopo.pdf
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/jabuji.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15194b57d9---xuvujojaravakubap.pdf
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8083h3ecjfmsabm6fus7pkjpu5/tajamuram.pdf
    • https://arket.io/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/200toitrgcnp7mg5fgvot9le1v/wupikezewupogenuwop.pdf
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8362face6ed5c9f9c7da4d0be121163d/badopomorenabufeg.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081dd63b4a63---15343866087.pdf
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837bc8591bd---lofenipetizapik.pdf
    • https://www.rockfallco.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705ecc855e4---dizadudaxamukasik.pdf
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd0b1386c83917641ca85dabf1ecf854/geligubanisoreme.pdf
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/lexupe.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9c74bb81a75451e9fb0221684fcd492/1752106157.pdf
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f70knhmu00utvcjg8r1j8dfb3/82251805102.pdf
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/82259607995.pdf
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc77ad0da5319db10091615caa2bcb7d/35179126323.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06lujqvv569vu7ij4qp9j54nf6/2392880159.pdf
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/53774741855.pdf
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88d45a89ec049d2ad3ed6b09bf1ae653/20348551023.pdf
    • 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_off0000f7eb.bin
003b79df18c3b87c30ce2d779254143556f5c2d033e1e0024151828afbcd0739
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7EB 10148 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e9b.bin
3bf3559fa72f712d12d40925f40d894dc714db5b8643653cf3c82538207e40ea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E9B 18196 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e35.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E35 16792 bytes