Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3765d03249573daa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-09 17:47:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6c3e41e83086055da9f4ef2ef51a9d52 SHA-1: cc0829ffb9dddd3f597d9b0d11654b29b92e1010 SHA-256: 3765d03249573daa585dbce820207020ed91af79ce0bfd685ece82d35b27fae1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure victims into downloading further payloads or providing sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=accounts+receivable+audit+report+template PDF link annotation
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f9703ede57---47510420670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/040b50kv16l8sc5htcakv41fq1/lovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ibocbjjt5v3ubhmr3pif9j4ms/rimekixemukibivigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0daf4875e3---96559279797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/nopaxeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fafaff09e8---89059561783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210507010528_1466000647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/bopejoxagusijusixeroxebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/labexikebuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b492be1dc---togotizuxudunetovoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1dcb55b1b---varipuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd1967de5da56d8aa8f00988de9e7170/madamevenefoguditaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qg00n9k5q20ej7ac93ti8uudih/59632314016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi.com/contents//files/lilokasekigujigikojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a434d0a3a62---fivuperulanoxavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/riwovogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2af103ff1e---95180511209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g4g2m0rck3cfuda9bgu2hk8b14/76636086191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archgeo-leszno.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/xejiraveduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poldercuptrofee.nl/site/admin/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/vugikesivesakebixulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barexkft.hu/userfiles/file/67317687937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/bumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaaaa3cebb1---8681523087.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_off0000dbe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBE3 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 9107baa6a25343b25c09d3f579e3ae01733f8a004529fd820a341e903fe2bfac
font_01_sfnt_off00010a28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001223f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1223F 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 52847cb26eec7d0566707c2202d96b4117cb84add8c2c75ee2f1bc39ae572d95