Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3175440728aecda8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 11:07:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 4743fabc2fc0f9fe5cb9e91450172516 SHA-1: d5ba333e963191d01394012e1b1865fd3756e5aa SHA-256: 3175440728aecda8342634ec5ba98041ed4cda7ca213ea22a24984d6f1403838
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+set+clock+on+accutime+watch PDF link annotation
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/54952530828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/94481050413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dealershop.es/userfiles/file/varipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161009a0950122---favus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mumegram.com/userfiles/file/62212529335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/welufisejunijedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916ffc2f482---15554665625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1hbnu195t0c7pkpj4mpr4mij7r/sakidarar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a00d69697---xobilaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/vufisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b93fbba8b81---57049250874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44da47ec36---79200805069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pril7jqaonohfqaofp4478dq32/83239838856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/99370320470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dcf7dace3a---sogugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/7918695860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa0u6hbo8q84v159ph10jbm9m7/sosipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/23255297818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/defba28a560d54d69782696a9a11b100/52096174922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34454426480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/mivadobizomile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b04e0d9d6846bc2df40c5583e030a251/dabiguxatopaboluwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/95983498335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00d45c54b297eaa51d3a1132982e031a/96646205366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f214.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF214 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 42a3aec4f807b70c0ae52b03bdfa7c6046947f82eea93444569ce79be9e1d943
font_01_sfnt_off00011d9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D9E 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 0e9bbeba80a3369ff3444d85f2c44a1bb725226de83a4bddd5581eb3ef17eb6c
font_02_sfnt_off000135e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1