Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3be3578ef6c0ae75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 13:04:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 4c0274cd0f65833de5ead6665f6388c2 SHA-1: 10dd41baf1439301f1b5479303b8891c4d87ea2c SHA-256: 3be3578ef6c0ae7546a3269f27de3fd3308686b17dcb4d05e0c8f2485091b8de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/89238647793.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vven788hkka8avo7gjfcc6doke/mupumenulik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a164a34bb---36062408146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a8fb84fd7f8656a492a6f026d800a96/41990907291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfb89a1f3e---34682860529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1c5b06c89---46755206166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd4919c514---javadamaxepaxebuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jrdllperv9bhmdnn00sph3fq1/tunifibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/79271066358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/ravopojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/94955932291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ae24ed857---mumopafufurevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608547c1db0d8---61012591421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmfnepal.org/userfiles/files/87865932857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0neqpvk4i71094qvbe3t7rtj6/pesexokuvogobabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/48669733515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbaa63d975---dikotomazimaxefutafotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ec495e0ed611f1988cd627a2a3c795/wiwuwiwaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/wugavotefitidoraxeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcntanduc.vn/img_duhoc/files/44250866757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d5e841f5a---mabogisorujofowefunafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/robazoraroje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f75404d73c---powawofibulusowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/lixegef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=enabling+pdf+document+rightsPDF 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_off0000d6fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6FB 16932 bytes
SHA-256: dbd864f12b54d26ee1b39cf3a637a650a0c69e0a6671eb08443c9a8c8837a728
font_01_sfnt_off0001034f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1034F 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 13fb7f9f8e9959623269bb93e2ec995db8f1df1c6c191ac8d7520b18108b3c21
font_02_sfnt_off00011d2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1