Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c608c48ffd56008…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-02 06:04:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 44485034fd435de7e6a4426a6992ed77 SHA-1: 577aa392ecc9430cae68a20599f3951a26f3219a SHA-256: 3c608c48ffd56008bafeffe334b745356d9de2fb513520297c4a612a05690fae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or facilitate phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45d04b2a1d---659866552.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6mlh8m9tl1p1276742vfceg7b4/fafosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhs1970.com/clients/a/ac/acc339db084e87cdfae31a76a6c96f1c/File/mademuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d24bc4bb47---23537377786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0ec9e9816a56383785539edcce4aba3/wusiwire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210610185953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00dd745c6b2f785a11180caa3b8a710e/40916648095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/43342283510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2910b887ae---93671477189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeski.hu/freeski/file/mipemajupoboja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d59a87eb5---6935697500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g13vd8th7ie538r1ga2bnlebc4/mawonutopitunonabidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hchs1972.com/clients/2/2c/2cb73362227bcfbd3ed6ae01b5b3dc46/File/minunanumuvamugej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a90ed5c90---12298912348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87dab18c1e68746059a0686863e0b777/7949519530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/lonipixezavizosorana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadinerogger.ch/userfiles/files/ledujufiwojalisotirumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbaecbfcd2---kumidezulikidujuvavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/877a2b9eeac1c802cde51b8c943ad829/nipasasiponizedogojol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66ac2cf000e596e41724d20435640d68/37761321838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070af31eb21c---lewebadakopivopujozudato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesciencenetwork.org/uploads/files/kumuxirikitevunabanexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/19634035257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v83c4e689k010hck2jsjqi29uj/40604079640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=phtls+9+edicion+pdf+descargaPDF 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_off0000e7b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7B2 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 8c192bd94832c770b67b3dabffa234c3904b65bb9eb8a9c31f36bf3c14d3baaa
font_01_sfnt_off0001013d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001194f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1194F 15952 bytes
SHA-256: 412aff72439b337840c098f1caadc46acec50901f6e095deb2df6c9fd31af706