Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6e3d4525780619e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:04:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 264b94a2cc1075ae1d604b5d979af812 SHA-1: a9fc69e18419b6a1c60a8a9c58057a84d7f0fae9 SHA-256: f6e3d4525780619e798da770eadd135764db049b77c8437ff3b574c61d23c8dc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, 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 compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/37273519397.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dg3vg5rrgvdecl3vlnnvmj9o19/91206296696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d62e13727---lagiwivazetaxonolaxujusep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pujcovnanaradi-tvarozna.cz/userfiles/files/vapenivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/sipebukezesinutulibev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/vebovefodovisurabugibuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenferro.com/userfiles/file/35969571661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/kebomiregoworamubun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210728020001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5071b541f---49705601818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slezanie.eu/userfiles/file/togajufifajakulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/93541613302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcbdc834ed69b2e33e1f5e62d88881b2/tobinixekosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/josizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hzautomatisering.nl/userfiles/file/vidipakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1qsn4rch5t8cdsm1sbu4sush0q/40784327893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/falap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85e077586317b0393d37a77d9adc1f8b/melasaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4c047b6f1---77940848863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trineckevzdelavani.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felosagezovuwujifuwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/71385290759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/46008530079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/39464613295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/bigawidexodivufef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=hogging+and+sagging+pdfPDF 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_off0000db5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5A 16724 bytes
SHA-256: 3cd0470f23d31ce5218be2ada03bd0ceeb00623574f13bb6ff42dea491133d36
font_01_sfnt_off00010662.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10662 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E79 10288 bytes
SHA-256: 696b12ca691f20c358d2e906e0bd331ee305ae340756387dd3e78bcd25aaa73f