Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3403676c58abc46c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-08-14 01:53:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 177a5fc4448e76cd34b3237f8a7c9aef SHA-1: 8a1c6e5c769387623c9da9a7764e76141d4d92c5 SHA-256: 3403676c58abc46ce790d7943df664ce587a1c792b500b9dd6073b8b92dcc661
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The presence of a visual download button and a link farm further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://loctra.net/userfiles/file/28388165460.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991cf606304---34878644781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/972a1bffe2ecf50cc30b36773165e7c5/75682241409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sluchatka-shop.cz/files/upload/files/8182670378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianotuningdarwin.com/userfiles/files/56755588587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/tatiripuxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/kifegule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.ru/files/nupuzazikew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe9c229cfb---romakezinorotog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/97199940552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ac3f853ece51097f03e11de8c11a6c/liseko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60d270hqsv6m394hjlajcndop6/sebuwedorepewelejelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/tejipudavilawozafemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2a8814483---nidisozitituzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/memagewawovifamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a705a84811f---90138908753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb1e439866---vejepegubalojisoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c13mti8bbpalq1rlo7gda44ouj/80387601367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/jegowagapip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kqvlvugv3m5p9p8ddsijanabs0/81612196291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/vavejezilatesogenozolin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet.asia/UserFiles/File/78278192077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=jai+ganesh+deva+mp3+song+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e7d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffe9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFE9 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 35767e8ca06ca5bb0a1efb32735edd2b7a8a0a786b0dba545884313c0ed6bf43
font_02_sfnt_off000119a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A4 20616 bytes
SHA-256: 600dc78c60e4d7eddd177acce87eb2a68e68838a7690cc4702089d36ff858bc0