Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3730d6efbee59013…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 16:07:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: cbe30146f7fbaf051b4463b3cf12785c SHA-1: cf77f082913458b674d320b5b33fb9bf450e5ce6 SHA-256: 3730d6efbee590139602e7814ec6dbecc574cc321010f6fa43ad24d6ba303698
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+good+doctor+safe+code PDF link annotation
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf8d5663468f35e4ac249279bc5a3456/ligololatudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e621ebd88---dokizupitajawedepukov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/715b063f5605bdeebbca98c2c370c511/wewutijuvesovipowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bafugawojutonevojuvozaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/manosat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlh.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/1224560950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simmsfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/98/98d47f1658d09d39d77ba56043454c9c/File/69857162508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/99582968247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4b3d78eb0---kuvekafamerexevoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/tifujumukoxonuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6d3c04b974cc4daa44ecc54abbc22f3/ropib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/nevizezexetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d2cabf120---siwutejedukobosimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27015522114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd2072053d---70263594214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiba-center.ru/uploads/files/tubifexoxufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/jevemuxolawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3227e7d12539ffe7e2f1c97175bf445/garewozadokoxonuwiduboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-master.ru/userfiles/file/60329671310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72f536f8bb675da627d827a87789386f/bimakezud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b203eae2a15---86358655807.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_off0000e497.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE497 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 242d52c550102968560a24b79faf2a8901c6de5aa78b738668ba76c81d764714
font_01_sfnt_off00011185.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11185 10476 bytes
SHA-256: d800705cb495b4d7d2481b04425c007e5d35604f794d8719c58a20b3565d32c4
font_02_sfnt_off00012944.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12944 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1