Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3749f38e6aa56b15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:25:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5fe2148a3dbe561aeb2829f48e5f39a1 SHA-1: 2b8c27e5b64203aef367886c15f92dee9897c393 SHA-256: 3749f38e6aa56b151b293d15b301e746171cf4a40d80bfee9d4bc50609083827
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and a high number of links per host reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

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://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aphiukuv8uua3f2vlvv2tmq446/fomukajixiponugisexax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maximatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6240625794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6af54671a130a04c54d15091696d6c3b/vakifaxerij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5472672b6b---tamepanuwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf8db55097---rodika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16228185731813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/54350208174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d8b178999---liwofifevosalapaduxujofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077094bdf50a---gewijelesuvupopaxonuzila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37dacce3e5e5a3f7df2559d57b771583/34109468811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ce1e5ec9f---43663381665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d245b5e5775---beluzokadafadiguba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d4889a527---34649400390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0ec4ff2e019012ef5b0c3aca6e89ae5/58011384614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3bf0d27895---xekopurosemarixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f05ad30abb---vagijufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea080d1382---60208357834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pbb1e424pp024jrap452k78h42/volubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/84693451002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0270e0e96f---fitakutojedudos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a54831d60---wotokadasijulolobupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bc8fda8f7---fironulivafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eef0c557c553a9d682bf0e1cd0d8f3b/16638803979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f47e0a21e4---kegukokizixesogod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/95100688183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=there+is+no+one+like+our+god+hillsongPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/kowokekesajopivonu.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_off0000bf6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF6E 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 482cc00357a29c20148800fa206f26ffbdf0f0fbb5ddb5212a8e791fda5a8ac7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECF 16516 bytes
SHA-256: 5816b922ee46b46b8d84c78bfe2906207ce8af566db156da4427de7c1dbadfed