Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3488dfa5ce41112d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-25 16:26:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5bf091b624bc281aded74a9ca71d2c9b SHA-1: 4d096ed796feb96f98285ae912f54afcd110137f SHA-256: 3488dfa5ce41112d6b984ee2a51f2dacecbd927558cef40b4f32033040c70b17
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other potentially malicious sites, likely to facilitate a download or phishing attempt. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/647954868876c41a5a55245f6a7e677c/69131716360.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c62dbb6e2b0---sajiradepumuxigefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubler-son-capital.com/photos/files/77798960184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/40283843282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mqvmdgi193ku533rp4asfsqmp4/jezazapaxere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/5614638208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/xadegipobuwezametud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf1d8d4bd8d---14759070313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68f84a7a24---dupijivularekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consade.com/userfiles/file/15672332896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envisystem.com/upload/userfile/files/wekakob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/parina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/44300539425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c130cb68b0---xanagusotazibozab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96bef9324ac5c170be9ac5369b4858d7/sikugezoxeduxomota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63269336ff22327d6bd119c168616233/zenimasonugasanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/10491758755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720b9094e8c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49c769325ddb9eca437d3dce9786247d/vowibugojunepup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceaf997abf---81627186708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/porejebamubewifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/84320294676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6qaen5rhcugnnlqj4kb11o75p/supagesubasokifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/25765139476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=download+hotstar+mod+apk+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE893 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100AA 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 0701ad0bb5a020f6b9aa40e8a7f0b52c0537235f627203ba136c51a3297c1522
font_02_sfnt_off00011965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11965 17668 bytes
SHA-256: 95225cf8dd5c00f549f8d056ec48e1cf757d1a1f9c47234a472a282cb016e786