Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ab4118d90f97596…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-08-25 20:34:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: e6d894db13c8c0dea31d1c366d3ef05f SHA-1: 2bf82d42d4b62f60c73cc3ffdc6313015fdfb9cd SHA-256: 3ab4118d90f97596d95b3d7659f89535e4060cd0a8ba00a5f09be319ea32cd0c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, a common tactic for phishing or distributing malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=overdrive+india+magazine+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/divozinewibisakefaleki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/31482171318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/kipugulede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcb2686a15b8fff40d6b8d82d78b0349/bolidobopapedubokupatogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j225kam9gc06jpgqbjcc7i37a7/36575902272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c334af99f36---jedemadoreloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minisadik-margaritka.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nonevokajus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/se0thkuks41j1pce4v8072hphv/zelidimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c08e9fc35d322f5a796c35f8306ee18f/rupoxujodadekukixenipina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/77674966135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abe5122219---palomoduxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gegeny.hu/uploads/file/41485195424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a9a686889---50857242680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a808ae67e225c0e23510ada9065b033/bosere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/27949643069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/39972563104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a96682515---16692435310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/44032666094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82845975748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apteka-wratislavia.pl/halatecza/userfiles/file/88081803786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinhr.eu/images/user/file/85246693925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h437rfpce3g5dut0lp0rflbi0v/miporosemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/jizuparajifojopikam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f704baa9c57---zililenepuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d09f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD09F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B6 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 0b802d79183d8ce5d17b3869d6d36d92527931ab46cdddb3e1748184f11f3c29
font_02_sfnt_off00010177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10177 16900 bytes
SHA-256: 58feb0978e5bd47f23e77f2370cb314f9d07d5d8efce40e4a8b7ca77719befd9