Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3fc79b575ebacd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-19 08:32:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ea73f0a069877161cbd68c8d09164573 SHA-1: bdb6563d8fb58a11e0d32ceb15c3137d3811b073 SHA-256: f3fc79b575ebacd2b488b21270a415c353436858075b6cd0ec45b41ef0be00e1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://andersonlawdecorah.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/37024061126.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/59510417570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e9bfa4eeb---gugerodupanuwejelawopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df3067d4fcc---30247618448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d79c4d0b99e---34263194477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093615daa8c8---lovobepikojajomaxixupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/50757757179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd79756e80311f14a794b3de9cff20cf/mebavodaxuxuzepalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/75135893068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b09a7f40b1b5320ae5a6090f5d73b563/26335225205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/mozomagolazubezareluvam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/75495388299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609625f7dd981---25197018693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cda1673e2a40e699dbe42ba4fa5d5644/bonafiviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714a02efd70---tudawatilekaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6e2600709---45576423544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/43047689273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/20561357230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111ba275c028---44479443725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qd9dsr6vcmpduni92avkeq9cua/kimubefijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ejemplos+de+oraciones+con+sujeto+predicado+verbo+sustantivo+y+adjetivoPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000dad5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E7 18152 bytes
SHA-256: 9613fe27903646284e8bf4e1ffeb0f6999b90b9f7ddb8378ef6d00f5312615f9
font_02_sfnt_off0001213f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213F 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 6341e6c5f3c514ea04fd570d71fd083fa9e6a13f7b78126201f12d152b016c66