Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a09d96bab490ffc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:47:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c8ea56b55e2a7cb9ea8720a8c5eead11 SHA-1: b2952f4976187b22c4a546fb613271a370353630 SHA-256: 3a09d96bab490ffcfb2f67231bbd4dc4224d8a5bcea50ae494f290ffb4ffa8e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content, likely via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db9a904605---18251598318.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b499c733ef8---bixilovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talentfuturesservices.com/sharpinstitute/images/files/jogox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiophotosfashion.it/userfiles/files/27807771475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://griswoldremgmt.com/uploads/files/18500590739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://022-web.cn/uploadfile/file/20210812140845357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzlpro.com/web/img/podborky/files/kowokebazunukezopanak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/biptc5aq00b4ein68nkdairk97/57231309356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/73509583140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrtaspol.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wafexiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/sazujexigaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b37ouu1eb1l23v90lhdeslogd9/40591775909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/lopinasopunogomof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/43537809750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/file/mubumigobofaparomuporaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608331caf1d81---52934677960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technocom.pl/editor/file/vututinato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfhotel.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mixonakijofoluzoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bcd3323ea3b66f1b9c4e4634cae8160/59323465117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crcnueva.naturasoftware.com/uploads/images/files/maxifoxugaravimagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venturahigh1967.com/clients/40640/File/tupagemugumerolekipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86bdfd26169e9ecbe46dc792ae477bb7/89160636169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/72038287902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=mixture+and+alligation+questions+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000f109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF109 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 486d65ba16adfb5f62407fb96420f35c252b69075e50d23097cb9a75619fb5f5
font_01_sfnt_off00010a9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9A 19132 bytes
SHA-256: 38dfad91d5e2a2c704327502cf746a26ed99ea8bf0807ecf8d62292c3b778ba6
font_02_sfnt_off00013da2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1