Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3acdbf1e8c2b1947…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-07-30 14:36:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: dba9badc3ac3d4f4855bd2dc625d4207 SHA-1: a15981b9ac77dadc68e21f76eea3a44379275aae SHA-256: 3acdbf1e8c2b19471f16ec82f2722f1cfc44d69dd36744f49398b1ce4e9b41ad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm on potentially compromised hosting suggests an attempt to leverage SEO or exploit vulnerabilities in content management systems.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=portatil+14+pulgadas+cuanto+es+en+centimetros PDF link annotation
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55b9654c75---36565480234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpworld.hu/data/pic/Image/file/3734985766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/rimavirivujomide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609064ae4d6f5---rubakememo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/32066812641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://language-coach.pl/uploads/files/77373759863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b89123475---vimiluku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f914df8947960d7b7e1b6fa7eda7b4e0/9419283875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/4002598594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/6472706210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkscdtj5p25uch7ukjubm79pdl/diwipetozijonukubapukoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3efd12f751ea494e3271275650ba3cf0/26187543466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f11869b80f5---16143168028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnrlfjghrpe1cqdtffsbqvv03m/kowoxarexadese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6titfeu88usci2o2ps1jhijp1t/61832979169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southwestlooms.com/admin/userfiles/files/18453457115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/lokamokirozodexusuxaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c47e03a888---fositojorilabidewofug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aqua2go.pl/galeria/file/55060297354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/9860770456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/je62imteo6q788ce3d02bur54o/tawisega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/bikarataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgadsahodayatarntaran.org/sahodyatarntarannew/userfiles/file/volodiwepuxitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607751bb95b78---nobedosifobejofigudisezot.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB1 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
font_01_sfnt_off000105bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105BD 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 1ef6c84e8557e6ec4e87bf7989449cfbea28c254784fc74118bd78c768cea3b9
font_02_sfnt_off00011f70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F70 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 57c8fb18092eb126c8f5596f9670707b50020a413854069781e73bf3542b8390
font_03_sfnt_off00014e2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1