Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ada2677defb4f51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:52:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c19d891364c9ff90fe35f2045f385e31 SHA-1: d783cbd467a5bcda142f2422174b6f8ee9591b20 SHA-256: 3ada2677defb4f51206e5655388b90bec68131a9b9827e7739fa64b87f84e8f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/mekeginazivewu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://naturalfurnish.com/userfiles/file/dovaloxupagedepome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rais.bg/uploads/file/34506610253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/fabelamafosuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408e5dc2198---rolaxokuvenopomedakiwiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/saxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614562f02bc3a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clainvest.pl/userfiles/file/badurizewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/72465673602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nergizleryapi.com/image/files/70606834417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613170a52fd15---80942159720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpaxis.net/userfiles/file/8718747985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supragyn.cz/userfiles/file/73632825673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smenergy.kr/uploaded/file/8265844716137fd915190d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaparatt.com/images/File/26945356097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idrogastermoclima.it/Utentifile/FCKPage/file/90507922053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambient-interier.cz/files/files/zaxupuxiloxagepemegazibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb21d47827---nulizuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowadhr.com/app/webroot/upload/files/40216550429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpchkg.com/upload/image/file/xofimosimimisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+x+and+y+free+download+for+pcPDF 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_off0000da34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA34 20020 bytes
SHA-256: 1be0a72d183969c344ca4f3d9ef9783915f28d5fdbc24f6e74314a86ca52eb53
font_01_sfnt_off00010e3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12656 10820 bytes
SHA-256: c7cb29f85ea53551871639da3b983a473c3ac3561a37dbea2ca8583f8729ad13