Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3606031ef7db6b03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:54:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cfbbd6277f1aed7ca355a566e99dbe17 SHA-1: 385abcb308a87b5b90e7dac050cdb4bfe7137f5d SHA-256: 3606031ef7db6b03cdb65aff3f3f971bb5c8f7b5629f51ed88f604b95f645a61
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and points to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=random+apps+downloading+on+my+iphone PDF link annotation
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce1ab98038---sivepikukutogarenotax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c641542bb2---movukejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominant.name/userfiles/file/83058243744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pasted-radio.de/web/files/22708122331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f2db10c55---43192863993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbstroy53.ru/img/files/nobubanetikapugelokaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/12673055487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falogusunoziboxipiximub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f81f64a1ba78cd9989d56a575fc3a3d/debur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petraifevronii.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripatesabunawavupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioboscono.it/userfiles/files/87925777862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venusland.vn/app/webroot/img/files/85063082029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d10275dc24ef961000d6f9f927fb6a55/44925492072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pescepiana.eu/userfiles/files/48672705601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatoceanic.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/15680253754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deauville.ru/files/file/82175985257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/94511773292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikeid.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexotolitedamexoxuxulok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijfbn.com/editor_up/xolijutedubuwaxaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbulkbags.ahmadpackages.com/survey/userfiles/files/36477836628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shanghaicruiseparty.com/uploads/file/kagetupaluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/93861500445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613986ae53da0---mililuniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahyi.ru/images/file/17938342867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://somos.co/dleyes/admin/fotos/file/43588270037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g1hoot5giv473ocibjflaiujp/wenoxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614197e0ad1a1---89035747419.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_off0000ddb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDB7 17996 bytes
SHA-256: a0379f7616f4be665728d8db517dd54ec1cbf846d0f6820bba03880c6e232cbd
font_01_sfnt_off00010c89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C89 10884 bytes
SHA-256: d875d7e5327e952a5c3fba7f532cb21b3dbbeb2458980881d223e7ebed11bc57
font_02_sfnt_off00012556.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12556 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1