Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a7590537c198b12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-08-01 23:00:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7ee080dd8e435f40d56d3efbd14a8d80 SHA-1: 2bf3a6574ee25be0239ce404c61b90e61b70f500 SHA-256: 3a7590537c198b12deb051d312c94e9a2fc3ccdb72f1b837f4d4d64e8eca1ff6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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
  • 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://tvoirostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17493918008.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hn51s3ari155v6c4tqhkbhgmt2/33376138724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/kosidovufema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicubrno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/belevugumitixomajudufom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44ed253bda---fufatufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eska-lift.ru/userfiles/file/mivuzowugasixinomoteviliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/zaberuxalejimonoxewazubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/najojavajanexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/zonif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a505c07ba96---51347099182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/somorubuxaxotagumanob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmare.de/userfiles/file/42508159110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/zisubujovetajalugulugowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16157a97d6---60792015269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84261918391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cf5315b50---20937048608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doudou.tw/userfiles/files/15312151527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhktn.at/images/content/files/11904218244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b682a646214---josiritinobubokeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6n0ackpdli8co6mmqdril16fr3/30466326554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae25f7ab2d---41829156538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7085964d9caaeb83a21b67fafd15073/26718364401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3kl6cu59li7t0ib86ebemte65/67088834306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=frases+para+desear+feliz+navidad+y+a%C3%B1o+nuevo+a+clientesPDF 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_off00010881.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10881 18120 bytes
SHA-256: e013613efe6a98e0acae19f292f949fa12d9d4fde88d2a3f3a67bbe212c55155
font_01_sfnt_off00013657.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13657 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014e6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E6E 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 0530ecacc1310c989c4b0dee5015a95b60f89d2bb9e959bc672e8e238e9e6a95