Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3539c19f8bfe1379…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 14:54:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 264de02c50abe85846076133098d0d80 SHA-1: 2a803fc3951983202f092dc33c85d02ec49dc2de SHA-256: 3539c19f8bfe1379536e403e2879b59b216b4b9cdc601e5e559f45f278c90da1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF's structure and embedded links strongly indicate it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2db27bcb27240e14e0eb9f66413b93c/46424557421.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c8d8458e2---sofubozujozaxadopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/tivejikobibiberip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afun3iq00itg9cknvbj9pd9p97/99820946368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afe4cdff4d---gogimixibikilunulasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608726f2a9c29---3051238013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perseverance.cyou/updatefiles/file/25520866825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colescastle.com/clients/875019/File/7775764065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rasathantrananotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1505260323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4dcf6ggagm6j8cbskc5igurde/bamolebiwamabadelufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/rabotuzexazegegivesojodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/90552614585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/mudilesunezevaretolawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3mb86gb2u34js9ooij5pbnn5k/nowagere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3foir0ff26guqnipaggsgd8af5/53115223480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d2f55a4cd---80226869027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/libidirivajonaxazuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laser-piskovani.cz/democms/userfiles/file/xuleweguvidisab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/27188816144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aybar-gallery.com/userfiles/files/mazedepurepowiketirar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/upas3ah11buss9pvonf53hfnvv/60497056756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i96ebluc4grpcrcce1an7d50dk/69365994776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76078665340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=lost+my+temporary+licensePDF 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_off0000edf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF6 16688 bytes
SHA-256: deb45daa6acd3bb476768e6daa5a3819204c8a4b7ba46b8bb8cdc7e5cbe4b38c
font_01_sfnt_off0001197e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1197E 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 39d9b1308afc700b1a3d96b476753d7b6cfe2aa34a359d298d9448a76356e2ae
font_02_sfnt_off000131bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1