Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bc2053a3829bd2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-08-10 11:45:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 11594bd1743ca884293dc952337cb012 SHA-1: 41974efb0bc930a3ebf2c0580ca808efbeb7b71f SHA-256: 3bc2053a3829bd2fbd61b92b309f911b4ec88aa19bea71498dc86f4e8d5dc546
164 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 for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/lutalefabanisenemazasev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://er-cardiff.com/eurostyl/photos/file/nikazilelisumotagunedovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/8982340131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eef577585e77bfc2fb9481121d72645e/xefubokakekewedokira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a6ba849e4---12115494944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/gutomuganoluludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e51de79ba---65556402519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heritagecarletonplace.com/clients/c/c2/c23aa4fb54f25340752d20cfcff880b2/File/bivafemeladabevugipazowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160981fee1c6d9---nabedax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/votasuferataguzoxadewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/881cbeeca21f9e598038e1605aed9e30/dezotonokaladegudegika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/61599834062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwvictory.com/uploads/files/megosixojavaxadekari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdda32ad5d6c88f3288d8f0949aa3f07/29131970762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4012da75a---vezefavululom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741d6eaa951---83871289596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/laxezeroralomisidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/39186731174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad6d63fb01---23887654443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.eu/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/sedule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a2def087e---40783718661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/54937530248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=classic+chair+cad+blockPDF 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_off0000df1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF1B 16744 bytes
SHA-256: 14ca4439ae1583a8385c52467138d8162f6e80b5e3648708a99e399febc7161a
font_01_sfnt_off00010ad2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E9 10396 bytes
SHA-256: d4263b6ad55a658bb9e38b905f54cbe0c870b2129ea1a8176649a9e09cb47d63