Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c5e524ca469cca7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:54:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3e3914aee98cce7a35d94175c40cd91d SHA-1: 0b736481f3a42bff7138556b0d5b3b0fa0f5517d SHA-256: 3c5e524ca469cca72d804ec8eacf4c07831bdefd35da140f5c041f1af9482917
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, a common tactic for hosting malicious files. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a method used to evade gateway security. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links suggests a downloader or phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • 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://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6386fe9bc1---662847780.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/taxonetujanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0a0dbbc688---9242523016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36aed73888a1ce1b10b8583670adcd44/duvesenixuzejivixenapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2051ef925ed5a74b7947ed9e8f658401/futiwexupupejedozupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/64777150943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatkade.com/basefile/eghamatkadecom/files/19193471794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devitohomesorlando.com/userfiles/files/48941335869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/616e1f0be5cb869fd00010babcf4b105/79469967962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haumeaonline.com/userfiles/file/rikixaxawigujivixuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenphat.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/jufaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5kkrnjsbakb4fc3o4gibum5t3/likugopodebikovujivovesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/lepuwatedatefor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/kisiraxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/29406123685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtoolsrental.com/user_img/files/tavunozajagitikidutelali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/5183156886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tiredamenalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc1c476381---difoxojugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23592e98d84a29307516b8ce019e14be/tutek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/files/5114187243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/80012244006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=notability+app+pdf+annotationPDF 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_off0000f424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF424 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3B 10324 bytes
SHA-256: 4c96e5f98608375b522aa947f7c8b3a07a8d645c4b4c809ad2a3f752a4046ad7
font_02_sfnt_off0001235e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1235E 18516 bytes
SHA-256: dac8baae1a709abbeec303c138877f1c01b3fe3fc0f37701cb936f5ecad9ac2a