Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3530769c1be9aba3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 15:49:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c76b892fae4b611c567b7f4d1d344d12 SHA-1: b456fd393d5aaf53711b81fe904aaf838888c995 SHA-256: 3530769c1be9aba33e240acbcf5c13153f43c837cb61f7375242837de0aa9a47
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure suggests it's designed as a link farm to obscure the ultimate destination of the user's click.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=interview+questions+and+answers+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d175684cd57ef43c44017c06b22acf59/dikezagudete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b861c5721e0---deteruzitul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ec44a0af0---nipuvixinimizosisugotere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/60943104762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcddc81205fe7cfe319092d84e3f0909/nerededeponowujosokudobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72bff852e844f91f4b399eb5d1be4dfb/9848700742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4e48b6aeb4---kutakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/337d0b6a8d632a71de0d066f756aeac1/8736024167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df115a30726d8a326bb601a20d913f06/23139467276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/bawexigolozanufuladuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae56f34b28---25071178466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/potenigozefiwano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/41333256195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cp360o5phnnea1d9sdpe3c5g72/taregebakofosuwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3f1d6d3e245519c5293f80c5c6836f0/rorositidekexetewodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0v9nl6t2t9q0l61b9b6sp1sb55/89209386485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c227c868a1e---dexovam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/51433925776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c511ce3f003---82884117349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3046744c99554aac4187ba7f04795df/60503989424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/dowupogasukabifuzigarepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e15c7caf29---42626866258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio-september.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23aa7d819d247c50f6c96638d2715e93/11167203730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a708875d769---zuxaned.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_off00010f72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F72 17792 bytes
SHA-256: fbb89f52d6edc2c829b8eb6c33ade0404da17b311566d31f4313a03617cfb24b
font_01_sfnt_off00013e1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E1E 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 1e19d9cb57ba90ac471efe76e106ca556a3255c09f5717348ecc21c563e9dd65
font_02_sfnt_off0001578c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1578C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1