Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a3620db8382975f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 14:29:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fc3f2621414938d8f5fb02d3b0d9eb71 SHA-1: ee5c729095598331932220767e1941386bdfab9c SHA-256: 2a3620db8382975f0a4da74688ba212e52676f5c2a5efb74b5d01e16c7e0bdcb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate an attempt to lead users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c138eb50f---10409429890.pdf
    • http://vswet.ru/f/zigedodipil.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070390183903---fenuvubudupepenupewita.pdf
    • https://nenanhduong.vn/Upload/files/82795359969.pdf
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f72cb297e456e0b03ba415db6f983eb6/bodigotibeduwajarezu.pdf
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/menoteze.pdf
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/63666047375.pdf
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40150166877c5a95a65dbd280c1ca2e4/zadate.pdf
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76102818392.pdf
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3i9omq33n60gnb4erk12f9rol/jitonuminujexuja.pdf
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3ac4f228d---wogazo.pdf
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3aa3d1edd1---54865761711.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2c7c8e2d0---34549648265.pdf
    • http://quocteanviet.com/img-chamthi/files/54896595150.pdf
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/87833341467.pdf
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/tukakoxuwiputaminikaz.pdf
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bb8b67e3b2598140dc4a0263f369851/32954996412.pdf
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/31592264177.pdf
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9ae2898e5---26744012889.pdf
    • http://ehhs1969.com/clients/6/67/67a0fa02f482ea8575b7cec7429e43a8/File/vosizalutu.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/966022b5763c37e6fd35f32cf8c09d29/59341857901.pdf
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608308617876e---39283384680.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4168771a84d90328d0073eedf226d750/62809871456.pdf
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nagcv6ugjcaqonkr8vdjvb2h96/52287674212.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+extend+my+leave+of+absence+walmart
    • 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_off00014f60.bin
8f11e79ba828ac02cd6082994d808b6e355b2c94f087d4a74fbf400106f40278
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F60 11044 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00016927.bin
0e350927e1efc828272391f78ec5ffa040a0aa76da13beb31ce1e8ccdf9172df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16927 17936 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00019866.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19866 16792 bytes