Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3808b8a76be900cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-05-02 10:48:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 92d8d93aeb9560273a66745e04c8ed33 SHA-1: 9e0fe16efc51832e92a9282809665733038ed42c SHA-256: 3808b8a76be900cc821171c76a98188e270ebf417c0e57f839a1492b0e7be7f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics suggest the document functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other potentially malicious sites. The presence of numerous embedded URLs, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, strongly supports a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9569

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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 http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c7a61b8c2---tusebarepelobitapipawewis.pdf
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607201f05c5bf---xeroxitip.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be73eebf7a---nolipazogemabofutum.pdf
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nd7j6v3jk44qbjqtpd4vu5bjed/gavum.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c76e90426---44553677499.pdf
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867e012742b---99901700552.pdf
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b73119b87---kexuji.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9095526b7---45095230214.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad6434f116---bojexejagepojixona.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad56cdbfe1---runedoxizezomijajujulab.pdf
    • https://benjamindreyer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40c30a35ef5813e7b3c6988b08b4f069/91899849775.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce235b19a5---73380923748.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de23866dad---19616501079.pdf
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e16a00745e---bitabipofonusapezuz.pdf
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e4b59f032b76b9b21e125b36607ce34/81938461453.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078291398873---xejixitutoseluwajese.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://www.opentle.org
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=broadsheet+size+uk
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010737.bin
aaae8f6a790c61d1f40fed9681cdc7752e35d29e1f7123da9a538014bc9d201d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10737 7072 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011f40.bin
c39112e8dd381d87f0587d2731f306582dc7b6197c1ea0f586670e4f508c03b5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F40 5044 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001305a.bin
5592e469f694938dd582311c620bcfbc77948193ff43fa25ac24e78d798856ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1305A 6968 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000142fe.bin
0dd5e9578630e9fbde27d3869ba4ca0cd57beb04aaeefb2b33bdfe72a699373c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142FE 13064 bytes