Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b1f2c613f449ea2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 19:55:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0d04737b58061796943dea0b26b5162f SHA-1: 6e93b8245cec00c266a0f49bf5bfe4d26bee6362 SHA-256: 3b1f2c613f449ea28f9af56fc81787c5259fce82eb528c6ee5591b57eb50de5a
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure and instructions to enable content further support this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cebc0084b5---sigubolufelerusojekeralen.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8e177d2e498c8a4d7fb0d693fd75e19/1439133664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/45868832475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1929ae474f---bogiroxodirebube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6c5fb77760a8b96c85448b0165d15cf/28525401237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f5ccf452a4ae8f310ec28040223b4e2/58141554101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/45022275636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b738da8ba55---ruzobuwifebejirenuniwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49497051736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lt7nppmda6f01jeigge5ld7du5/lotudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48959e5212---16332771520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/el2ib6vhf23o32g4q39om41m1u/fovegijadolorasuwexinem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4h6hh0b69kh1uog80jl1nqrhi/jepizefutorewaragok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aececcd1b53---1225556730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ls5qj7v7t07b9flmp24i3j1p/rebosaminizidejubekejod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgbbhcgidirdo6r9hhpflp3596/xasixomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/57997314598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d2b134c7c40c6708d8dc2d8471c51d/75323612415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84499782657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02f51f26d6---6786024305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/7070500219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d411ec409---1486819039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/12238490569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b2aba0b9a---92542143128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a8c14c24c---7937669727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=ms+office+2010+torrentPDF link annotation
    • http://remote.utorrent.com/tiny/VeE9gsIn 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_off0000e6f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F6 16904 bytes
SHA-256: 82705d3ef0411c78ef4f8cc4dfe1d703e34269d3adfc58e89282eabbf0bbf7bf
font_01_sfnt_off0001130b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1130B 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 5bc6c1dbc11e9e7e9690b358967d5e5209f330a029e55c6fa811f8603e40997c
font_02_sfnt_off00012ae2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1