Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3542ac7be82450d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-06 02:11:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: d3cdbbc5472ea76ea3d096b0ae5b0e5d SHA-1: 4f5a22ab15131e4d421f69d026adf3e970fae8cb SHA-256: 3542ac7be82450d9ef0c863049cc768778d314794f31f5db2799cd446c617ad9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=asc+timetables+crack+mac PDF link annotation
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899d61a47ec---79236387492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23119232068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/95122423883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/nuzuvavidul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/kuken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef3807e8dc---21471744561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/24091521761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/39630578108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/wizenawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/56536868862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d126760071---86231337211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaukiaplinka.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/belubizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6a089t4925coplfj13dktb1n7/losugalijikidonixawenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samrayburnclassof1980reunion.com/clients/873185/File/120923642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/551b75b1f2fbc750b0e0e0e4a2ec769c/liditusotelonatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e100350c9---pimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/gepabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857d49d1794---vewufuzureteguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmd51oe1ll18clp7gtgasn8tra/rilar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/38248985780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cedd3d4edc---13416484710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/xidizefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/kekalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f14a579a0---13388379668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/83534162787.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_off0000f1ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E0 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 5e8be9122acec2ed274b52a9ef50f0e387b5992d2e82cfc4703ffbd66e8e6914
font_02_sfnt_off00013784.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13784 10380 bytes
SHA-256: faad9e0ab8ebed4ca54162c67379f456a144b7bd579e04483b3cb0cac70b91a6