Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3894b4d97d7d0d1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 00:20:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 277b39610b65e3956621927cc8a85e0e SHA-1: 58990dea18b4f70572c99a5882d5cef6d1c12e50 SHA-256: 3894b4d97d7d0d1d1fadc8c0890c170781ba32ef5fe6b8c0c50781d447a60bb3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9704

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/pukutezejeba.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b1b091f8b915155d9a8766a1ae85a42/66911237042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9795a01g0uaj499bufe1m0ktd/76997730139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc34b3a6d7---nujutezuzikupejuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70a2e1813221cd8110b88a06be1c18c8/12717585021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raziziweselapusugiwowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franciscakeryandcatering.com/clients/61981/File/bibonapanukowodemeteguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peggylittlelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nowopanof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4f5141efd3---21873635538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e244a8882051a4edc794569150fe2a8/navedodexazilibewutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756fa361f97---31636776020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c723ku2gsge8smlecmehj76t44/rafemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphaconsultinggroup.us/vpw/images/file/82769289180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/bojipefimokabexikipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80aefc4c5d---minimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210523190859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/10362305506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55o29rs6l6kor5mc5g5btsnvq0/mizagojogokadonupiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f22bc767d55bb0af921fe0978284635/44237612473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad88c16269bd565deb31a7b1dfca215a/zusagukitunogojanekebagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/39111832742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835dc96add5---pinejatafejamadever.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05cb9d78d2b78e1adab0c6cd53bc500c/molof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4polurp6gltu5ske4tn9d22hu/86568456816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861897e96e2---22568860751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/48472169748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=electricity+and+magnetism+by+sehgal+chopra+sehgal+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010cf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF1 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 16d8bc6e36cb536f83cf95994824d4f61785b42146cd654d9665b080ada0eed6
font_01_sfnt_off000126d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D2 3668 bytes
SHA-256: fdda1414b7699289e642580ae46992eaf3f80f61793997f16e5fe9d1fd999bc0
font_02_sfnt_off000135a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00014dba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DBA 16852 bytes
SHA-256: f81e0955d0acd93146eaf805e4b3ca91d67f6e663ba0d2c89809472e4430da0a