Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3029a6e5338ca670…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 07:32:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 61d7aaf817cb5074f532be7fb9a09911 SHA-1: 710163b9c5c7b0f969edefe7ed08c9e52bec726c SHA-256: 3029a6e5338ca67079c1b3f8c86a8b5004beb4b79fa2097c6159edebbd8a7392
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links hosted on compromised WordPress sites, masquerading as download links for documents. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports the lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c883901dc---6820081589.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/vudazugolojanevulesipovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c105c5bb7df---73426661493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077494b4e9c8---duvowolutivaguviranisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095733b82092---kupadovoponuvezovatar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16f8d2ac48f8c0b993e11671fc4ae841/56499416942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/28836012287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eldorado777.ro/upload/editor/file/jolarosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6f8b531d0---lukitovewilirurinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780e6ed9965---51153035215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/novugivutidipalanasamufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b608d235bcc---59041165613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com./blog/images/file/dewalovufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e15a39adcd91b8310082eb867747a4e/85983524210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab831bc85c1---12099283376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/ruvovogasot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mawaevents.com/uploads/file/59690944704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/vetupijafetixasuvigoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/56909881920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86da6hf00je11j7924li30t9vp/31312553583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.org/ipp/images/uploads/files/72487701290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48qbqc1rbvmuholdc5nafcopol/zavadaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/zibibumimiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=vocabulary+list+with+meaning+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_off00011c9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C9C 17776 bytes
SHA-256: a2730131d31ba99e3d40a7f6c2ab4172752561a941ee1d05b419116630e5ea3f
font_01_sfnt_off00014aeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AEB 11476 bytes
SHA-256: 875651fda095a7faaefba00c5b17e124174ee56e2503fb4252930c3ec36e7af7
font_02_sfnt_off00016590.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16590 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1