Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3541e0680ef11d80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-07-27 03:05:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5f728d0ec981241d5d9565d6cb8b7bea SHA-1: 7bf7c6603bd0a61d96df030b9d5009bfa3ac9131 SHA-256: 3541e0680ef11d80ab9f01af695bff150bbfefef1335b3af429a282121c22880
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, likely to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e33b7488a1a---82735668333.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cee9315e7---15898016443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biometria.pl/photos_fck/file/64017830143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubsportedinburgh.org/userfiles/files/zakedexebeweketujute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpusbg.com/files/fck/file/viridupujevibixabujufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yamamatoen-wanwan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kotato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ac8f8c8f6---galon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c937392bd7---lesoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abpst1fv5fkem9i4p3eoab3r22/99423999893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/nusalevokemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taperagi.com/contents//files/61172029532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/taxotigelipuxapuwokolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/zubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b888967878f---6940021802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellnesszeewolde.nl/site/data/ws/files/48236150762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17605523748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f239e423e19c50f35384e5e548defd4d/ripunogorudunopijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taybaite.com/userfiles/file/66572749283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04911859e0786ab79285cd2e8f950ab3/subiborotumaserowuzesuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39719511861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ba0e554a7c957e689d11f124139cc7a/bapusodos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vswet.ru/f/54416278441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734aa652784---6285854863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serting.eu/userfiles/files/70129346712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sylvianapoles.com/clients/e/e6/e63d90d46a840f0b3195f531cec11f6e/File/59119080570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=browsec+vpn+premium+mod+apk+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89f7c8dab6088e386ae436765a32c97f/57892638553.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f6c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010eda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EDA 10972 bytes
SHA-256: d2142a1e8acf5436cc2db3f752b37818bb77c69975f59646c6f76cba460fadfb
font_02_sfnt_off0001285c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1285C 16132 bytes
SHA-256: eb83fb48a2f60ac59fad768156047f025764cad4052c8f34695a9c8dd2456ad8
font_03_sfnt_off00013dc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC9 16960 bytes
SHA-256: 6c91fcef30ecbfc24e578e7378bb826fb2599287993cf6e0a629be98c74795b9