Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3438fb4b96545f25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-24 00:55:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c8a93adb8e76dc42140627dfca76bcf0 SHA-1: d9584aafe3ad3676a0a1447f1900803e6e3ae616 SHA-256: 3438fb4b96545f251d88877643834fee213e20a60b60920c4bd1f076d447e9f0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be disposable or associated with compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO spam. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/pagusokunenobi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609074b0e1a83---pivezimalurisilepudoxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc94e9854ad78d5d5c1ba908d6cd45c0/diluwexisapiponapidujemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/muduvanisowajuzifowugame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/31372566955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a2516ded0---1621325616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750a2a6c721---85880640214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/wevewobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/gositu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba38833d0cb---gemixiwoxotiwokudaxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/12237577971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/werosifoxonanokulivimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/baxekano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e59f424a01---xidefotaluset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atesolve.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dajipejisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607940af2ee5b---femojowimeganatade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/533afcbda5e350f407b8e09c918d0b5f/tokekinivumubixasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f32a397abed73a2b37cd9229345abfd/14338732797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/26999173669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/xenupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/negevepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/xubipix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/sowadavesisobisano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obkbfun9m58l3aas8c9pqvo36c/95614323281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210808032906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03e53275fe---dusejepovofatogikatorero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=mineral+properties+worksheet+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000de57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE57 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 67c8647ab1e5c4e70079e918ee1856b28f1091e7a66fa1431c62e8a73ad7b3d7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6AD 17944 bytes
SHA-256: ea80db805c41dbc7bcd91215c82c343ffba19a6b0c99ca113b931628a33a5388
font_02_sfnt_off000125c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1