Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3676afc3ce6ae8fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-14 04:47:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5aa7eb9d54ce4e1c11a4c97eccc29c3a SHA-1: 67638a25497fe1487dbfc700ff460aeb5a3ef1d9 SHA-256: 3676afc3ce6ae8fbae4e643f48477e5190abdd5eb12a8a489a4ab71ad101d7a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple compromised upload links and a link farm pattern points towards an attempt to distribute further payloads or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6467b2d3d3f3fe2b1e5ab5c48a6549a/pitobigalavexozap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/xevejiripasazamubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/zoxuxubodowofum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/42290584649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9face6e60---jokurajasikelirel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e2d36b994---guxebidazomabizevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjsvhnogg6qbrm9ue9vo69lf1u/bezolerijogetulok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70fa92f39337f3f05b0afb0f5a729fd2/77700391695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e500bd1f9---46711191165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cb968e7e6b4db86818ae781e805e926/kemimodemokijopokuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca5d53aef00b4a19873e71e444228dd/31561833577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ok-poland.com/userfiles/file/24283179930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609852b6451e6---33711738313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkjqopq743do5d8v9n8v94pl04/65971221959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/sexoduxubed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/38834320793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/7093770243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43a676c3f640adb7a8500b09fa11f94c/jofexovitowoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff2503cf96977c0b2ae7ac6001000852/96452605595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herculesestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/57650677040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffa4c4d8f3---29413673354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/85288584956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=dc+comics+trivia+questions+and+answers+printablePDF 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_off0000ed44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001055b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1055B 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 72938ba20f1ff1e56d919743ce654d8b4b536e021f3e72dbae3ce682f94dbf0a
font_02_sfnt_off00011f33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F33 17700 bytes
SHA-256: cfd3c8c304c74686f886310f9e831d6e9c1f84afa0bc68e02341d2f341dd1d7d