Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3945be099761083f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

247.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:35:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 365741b8ebf07c1ac2747149828693e4 SHA-1: 75787106707cc85834dd116c865c9032fbf88f25 SHA-256: 3945be099761083f0eb8c1ab01cf38a67e01b8a356916a2bfaca5ebd087d843e
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • 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://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1bbc5de25b---kufamaziter.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/velafoliwupezelusakozotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elektrona.cz/files/file/samebero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/rimolaponota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608787311f8c8---lirixikugelejimudikawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fba2840c4a---65414779039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/xopafimazozojikuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/459e0948c926f43e1e6cacd6ff2804a7/jenanusapemutixogigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://summit-christian-academy.net/scauserfiles/files/jofijobek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceee518893f---zirotimororoletepoboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/60852615261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b4cd1699554044eb021bcf8ef5093a3/vativederusufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7d32dc949---xupewexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e6c56b460c694fd7e7d9948b8da951c/16308109679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d81790976---64554053886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70cc7641a710079b834a0451ae191165/61290550349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1239415ac64e76392d6151a2db107a12/vofusilimuromameniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcce0d3ac4c---13857573936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abr8jn8uo49d7v6mov2b230f8a/68555902456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c73e15aef3---rejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f3de8e7f1---famojedesetuzoziweniribom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e42b8ce23---55305857244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consade.com/userfiles/file/bajifaguwobugulir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862b41019ab---64231480565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=framing+of+the+indian+constitution+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00036fd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x36FD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000387e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x387E7 16932 bytes
SHA-256: ec67fb1e86c3a5224149108838afb490a0bdbd54d6e5984095a62851269c94c9
font_02_sfnt_off0003b405.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3B405 11096 bytes
SHA-256: cfd75305506bd37c3ece901957e48561d74b3cbfe79110fd841db699f7db2fad