Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3beac7c07117484d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:48:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 826c96346ba427b7c6adc5f9990b0a4e SHA-1: 07c52f0de1d1cf9e44e307f0e029c30b8ee9c6fb SHA-256: 3beac7c07117484d0247cc8415cf9a26315760f68363b4ff49fb0cd0133c37dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a ClamAV detection (Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0) and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63c231bcfaf3263fa91955c91489a576/vuwedud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f499d5ec8a---59709733773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/gokinefuzijalaburo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14d27615d0---76860207219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f10d0a706f0f65bce62c238ce20aea33/filegizikigezegudad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1a728bb3c---4681297890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/pilonagimowipabexidim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-v-sochi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20106770779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotacri.com/userfiles/files/vugametekevuxijowazonule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/norotiribusod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skidubravy.sk/spravca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zurexebetukukomilegaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbrasoftware.hu/images/uploads/files/luzajajaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/ragale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents//files/tugizusaziwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/ximejomitiworilabadagem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agenbenangbandung.net/file/lugoraxoxaxemorupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021052805100327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35a702c59ef9cb1b5df42b2fd6255a7c/levumixisimozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083052ebdc77---bedozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9s8in62v0qouaq5jlfi9hd0kid/4120025149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents//files/fuxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/danexetotojufite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///fuvipola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf650f47ed3---masajagipin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/91576399627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=gayal+for+salePDF 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_off0001056c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1056C 10064 bytes
SHA-256: 52c6e5aa76755e2acb333efd73185ed258088ba38bcc1ee6f083119be90a1123
font_01_sfnt_off00011c09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C09 19360 bytes
SHA-256: 28211d3253d5235e76f1b9ada0c2e818af45c7670584f1cacceda5f1ea1dcffa
font_02_sfnt_off00014ec0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1