Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3867f356d5b7920e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-08-11 09:38:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 6aa00be6ce49e090143553d28b0d4afe SHA-1: 3dfbbb18304552327126e5856c022bfb046bd52c SHA-256: 3867f356d5b7920eafc2da7bb01cdbb801a11f13539a4c90aaea3cb85b49522e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of 'invoice' and 'action required' lures, combined with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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 http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8d5d9tkr5ga76rm9je1gv05n6/91215341315.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sreekanakananda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xeluwibagafajukev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifo-sea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kunuvekikedajafulanefabim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcihlar.cz/userfiles/file/tawozuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///paritukododibonowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b805bh6qnj5vstgunip5ptadfm/21663307628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/901ab529e544352f7972899c1186433d/vatalirageteragexijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/67217490801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3dc2m8fd7iclo6r26vbsdv7lk/xubuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607119a332446---lozevisesarudar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c830d71492791b3857363ad93434d5aa/misulojado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vlj8pn1auj1fkmlcak3ke04apg/73148119632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e299add3623---jaritixoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3624c6f857---28185955022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oss46bhlv9r4hkcjs8gffl4uvv/7270058485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/lofuluwuvuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca3006b5a0---75769321739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848ecf0aac7---palaxizopesuvefuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakuragiramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/bowuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a11774bc6e---70879356874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lvetrfe0dr32t5mska3ursvbhi/budowebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraemer-duennebacke.de/files/file/xolezibafipedudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/86653301962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+bedoyecta+triPDF 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_off0000e91f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE91F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010136.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10136 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 5e4c8a6e23f11973839c19897ab9533e250ecc2cabc64fd641b5f8e0825d4237
font_02_sfnt_off00011982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11982 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 3112f3144126a091ffb58814c7397a687b43b9580effaea7a0d610169cfff30a