Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bf5249bb967c2b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 23:52:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3a85f45f80a668b9cea351dc63e98212 SHA-1: ed6cc55c76a7bc5001090295abc1fb67997aa4da SHA-256: 3bf5249bb967c2b86b47d8ce5d2ca960589f252b245a00ff34c06d43febac915
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which host other PDF files, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to direct users to malicious content, potentially disguised as legitimate downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40705a7976d66fae3d06519a479fb3c3/10873810346.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vasset.bg/userfiles/file/butawuzorado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovery99.com/userfiles/file/56732353841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanmih.com/userfiles/file/20210904205933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienvietbac.com/uploads/files/towamatoridiref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/72641129721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmpallet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tunadupokegefonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sudhirsachdevaclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/83884966549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14919199114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e87a3c1062---dakumomikavonep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yenhuy.vn/upload/files/xibipibakejirevusozaxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jca-t.com/fck_image/file/14393129559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/korapini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92026323126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/3684582060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/ludafaxasebemotavitudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-ambroisie.com/ressource/site-image/files/77776710484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://receptabc.hu/images_banner/files/11343907912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/48474971578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundationkuzmanov.com/files/bipotuzupefapozuvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocreta.com/userfiles/files/83001307307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/75179549528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/130bcfee863ac7328369a92f84c1bbad/86312245974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lobanowscy.pl/userfiles/file/wisoxodagezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/bijewovoselixuvanegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=fmwhatsapp+app+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ba39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA39 10692 bytes
SHA-256: aba0b0493a48284647c9ba1b48f59cadd2e737104d47ef1cf8fd878d43164913
font_01_sfnt_off0000d283.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD283 17164 bytes
SHA-256: 7ca819d614e96f5ae2f2f4453cabbd041a2d29412313150f7edde3719b6d0d69
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1