Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bad790552dad57a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:53:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ab07cc1a24303076ba438edae0b27309 SHA-1: 4ee8932424772bde113c1bdafbd2c506d5cd11a5 SHA-256: 3bad790552dad57a58be6cdd2dde8c05a44ca9b721c9501859cf9c3d6f92af47
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL findings point to a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/suwirukadizagaravareg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48859567467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c304345e6c554e6968f6048f1e2fd8c8/rinosudof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--arbeitskndigungsrecht-best-5zc.de/userfiles/file/pibudivifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cff75e9a83---5412455174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/99732580285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/bivorunipeneneko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosonnguyenthanh.vn/webroot/userfiles/files/tovulinujaxerabubij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafmoni2biho.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70262824162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/35265533798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210813_881360E5EEFAC79C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0a0ed9d66---bikodamazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risorsaterra.it/userfiles/files/58290018595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1d7652532b9f5284cf12db6914fc8b2/40820537839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b4d677ad1---mukamesupereki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/499ee027f1453a43b85076bd411568ad/15669539873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53207cbf57---borimerozuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sharon-barron.com/userfiles/files/18382754945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonepigments.com/userfiles/file/tomomumima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f6ea4e8b6---3360665778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijmsir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64389505919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76419cfb264dc31c27af58dafb96a235/deseguzebekomeporimiwogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d234ab27e8b2a79c5eb8681125667e90/7525193437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewiselolatef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=phonics+phase+3+worksheets+freePDF 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_off0000c336.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC336 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB4D 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 69c6a066a18ca22ac4cf6bab11811c3de7a7ea40a3456ffbe1b9af838344e484
font_02_sfnt_off0000f490.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF490 17132 bytes
SHA-256: d70e3fd7fc4d1ff1875a770f5aef94a45a9f624ac6f20bea11b5961936c3ee89