Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b3ad8229a3a0414…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-06-20 05:33:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: fdc0f5cffea46f27e381dc28cab96bb1 SHA-1: 69208f8a14cc1314b20ba5b0d2550ebf34fd825a SHA-256: 3b3ad8229a3a0414add0ead9c9fe81a8f9c9eb3e3558a4952ab884f6675d628f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it links to compromised CMS upload storage and is part of a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a visual download button further supports this. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fdfab1638---42540402238.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd962ce30f---linanotopajofipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pcql2qq647e54agl9ncktl3jd8/wuvofoveravurukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/gugemutegarilojobubape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ftjl7jcir9tqfisojr71gk1l7s/55951380581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d97d0552b---94624585805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/bejeditelugikipikesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkofagesvt.org/clients/0/0e/0e42319052772b195a43ba3ede0f03e0/File/wofakijilubasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gd3q47goujf8jmof8la6la0ns6/46578662122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/85444580855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motacademy.it/file/70454007686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2c51df13cafd7cfe3f9b3d79b25465e/gosifovomevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergladesharvesting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2384226747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eede5382fde840abd6bbc68b87c508e/migejulel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24638066771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=combine+pages+in+wordPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCE 5384 bytes
SHA-256: 09a9b614b3b1f40707c88e64b813d48d0947f29413a18590d6e8f3f7802bcdee
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE09 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 0d071fa721afdab4de9a408293fddfe91e6d71b5dce4333c1f6a620908002b12