Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c2fa0a293391aa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-17 14:38:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4a98482848926917709e34dec53cb306 SHA-1: 27d94645caff854f11507be68f529a6531ee25ec SHA-256: 3c2fa0a293391aa47fb34085383b1ccffc416a7b3f82853d3ca908ad67a458a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and uses a disposable hosting service, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2a3acd312---94975269099.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ed4fbfbc4---4086474460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/lawekedolufimorajefema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/kogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/078f4ae496918c888cdd6a02f66e017c/sawibujokedagor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077070a40a3f---laguzaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986d64d0a83---46444758640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/48056026687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b7313e8074e846199049e0fbd2d3f67/69640222773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16072e4dff26e7---boxaxiwukizorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a5d8b2bb7135d9a4dafffa3c9535221/19251544527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lksivrana0pkef9qv0plv1e3b3/5059331167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73b5a76854d63b6d0b45b8fb38f1d931/jewulotisojujak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb5777c324---nepunixiburuxekipoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hemoh0k3000n6ibg57amfinlsd/welarefeduvukimulifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/gumijidapowivitipolexulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77adc55f58---xedeteguresajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/jilexupegojevamekow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dto4iq09u2pcu9u8bvk76qmv73/4867205014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opentle.orgIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=disc+profile+typesPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.htmlIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000101f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F4 4900 bytes
SHA-256: 14d69e6411b2a9433872741509f42c9354320519af1c6fa5c87f8670714162d4
font_01_sfnt_off000112bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112BB 6068 bytes
SHA-256: 1f79b081fe245cf9181f2e6ad484d5de3f355e0828dbe7aa1c14a68e096e11b6
font_02_sfnt_off0001226b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1226B 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 35a7bbc4e5406d979816b2ef33a0bb81e0b506080f957daa4fe688241ef75637