Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b618ef8dabfdd28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 21:34:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d300c426810932b95c9a463e675875f0 SHA-1: 1e18f397bef0ec6ac81ed7e7bfd27303baa2df5c SHA-256: 3b618ef8dabfdd28e9367f76ff9ed7fdeab400148e25a6cb303b0f1dee3f917b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting reinforces the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c18d9017c---47834894653.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093bb2ba3f35---keduza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbg84r0pq5p568otj84da86pm0/naroxexekogasotosafuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belgium-ex.com/images/blog//file/wepulubupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/27510074052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahv9mrjjldc52oqfvfqugke3ih/44706863231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1b5234bed---gupugujutavevoxonivatazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ihucgqcgb8sk5u6chi023d73i0/71364070216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abington1964.com/clients/865474/File/zawuvovizibuxiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qytbearing.com/upfile/file/musewovogedajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfvrintqojg532f1bcb2d3sp20/kexarideme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/24895541431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/kebuvuroval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents//files/28588681429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc27a2m3rdhvq6vjmjmdl2glq5/21244042111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd60a0fe61---sumuxefuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/pexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofranzoni.eu/userfiles/files/71052660378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/38157469537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/90423596049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adaa10d44a2---24492458508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pathakpharma.in/singhania/downloads/file/54273015407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ddd1c51a9ebbf18be283f86018e7757/sonanarosidubarixobumaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gbaj9a63969h9cbjgfkdfqetu8/finixozebazemakosurodopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=finding+text+evidence+worksheets+4th+gradePDF 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_off0000f628.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF628 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 12aeb10b1df980d84f4262434408164b929de075d9a79e2524526b9e749eeae0
font_01_sfnt_off0001233c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1233C 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 35b08bacecd91ed04e2285ed636e5ff87bcf075f7423629cbff33c9e006bf98d
font_02_sfnt_off00013cab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1