Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 309fcb3c76d0404a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:35:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 34ed2451405cca1132f812ba1ade478a SHA-1: 3a5cc16bd292127e74e35d00f901bf01b9136dcb SHA-256: 309fcb3c76d0404a237a5716f77e3cb2132807536ac5f1739222af205f28c03f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This suggests a multi-stage attack where the initial PDF serves as a lure to redirect users to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b7c25818c---4838725895.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/zotojoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b48014ce9392ffc39780d827ad6ead3/2929664423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eec28cff68---11078201845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhsclassof70.com/clients/a/ac/acf0241a72c9eb28a719a759cf8a4748/File/pesilagejajobujisutel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28e8fb129f---wukonobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8ffe164f9---99341651092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/sakipilarid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6203097be5d361f5bb21047b12019ad3/mogavadir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/38250431315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7bfe703f44f33c154b1bb2dda0b8b41/80723455997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750b8816605---pexuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/korufivewopezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/33656581045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b53609ec9ef---23585166075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hf31837e19b3gkm8j8ms2r5la9/nasofafisuwepiwibamawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/gurigixoxugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchungnguyenlieu.com/uploads/files/27899313657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b859480bd---kiraduniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720f85b49e1---33288045791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goreskyreunion.com/clients/b/ba/ba087d28c24afe6c5bc45fa062332e47/File/49380660284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d46f5ceeb---20327521881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/lejogowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a00933490c---pogibusenumemixokirewanog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e693360dc7797d20e41c2e4e60803c7/tudalebaxidadipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0d4a1e70b---33378308369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=where+did+they+film+back+to+schoolPDF 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_off0000f95b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF95B 16964 bytes
SHA-256: dbd81d1a4abac05b0ca9c7252131309010d523a970f230583f2f2992d7159989
font_01_sfnt_off00012572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12572 10976 bytes
SHA-256: f26b2788020cbf4e4b7e812e9f6779f0e3237891969a2c280c12dd272db281ce
font_02_sfnt_off00013ef7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1