Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3236fdc92624cee6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-08-04 21:00:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b0208e8e80facf61d862c09ef2ad4548 SHA-1: 1604038fddb5ac54c3c2eb937fb018785b1929b0 SHA-256: 3236fdc92624cee6af5ee5ba8aad7052c022d5d0ab1c40ea460e9efb054e7241
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites, directing users to download files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing payload or malware. The presence of a 'Download Now' lure further supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/86632023611.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://modero.vn/upload/files/50459526276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e606fe3732c---60735651924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084afcf33fc7---difezukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9849954f6e60bb7e493df16179881204/87782046796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sam-global.info/files/file/bosununeravizovotus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c74818faf0---84974755316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608832ae8ed44---30369535780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607694b3076ee---12236666505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b6be7d89a---jiravimawonepeditoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/48242384337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9688312e11889fd3f4252f94b4c05292/95263000235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/kanotobosasaxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/fichiers/zavefopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tradeweb.es/userfiles/file/sakemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatnhapkhaugiasi.com/luutru/files/50738079463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etpatatietpatata.com/userfiles/files/30278759392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7366a0cec1379b2f6dfea752006650c7/tejetubitiwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eaa9c371e---96876864733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99dba02073---12804377379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/wumozobovovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/31270283041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64fc3b9b69f04b21f3cbc1010a3a3524/34048865856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sam-global.info/files/file/45982136840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=cashew+nut+processing+business+plan+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_off000111b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B3 17556 bytes
SHA-256: ded5318d4d1b5f37a3bbd9f15f81542e7f6af666c324b6cd323a604f223d3c37
font_01_sfnt_off00013fc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC4 11256 bytes
SHA-256: aede726df7ebc3ad481014a82c39aa96ef1991067cb44806745334a900ce0c7b
font_02_sfnt_off000159c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1