Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c62451b7e0c722c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-07-15 09:45:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 82d8c863b612bc3b196242b8f9e9195a SHA-1: 9af460827ac4a6a6ec4ecbeaf42cf9ae77a94b5b SHA-256: 3c62451b7e0c722c5288c96820ec8f11038ba788041e6f0e1fc6ce3c3424db35
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=view+cluster+tcode PDF link annotation
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89d40f54d3ddd810a134a4dee880c3a6/25272877502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095569882121---67217284139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607480961c41c---13503068533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jogamiskolc.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80780190492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726786d5d69---repinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uj47unh82b6f4nd99nfsen5lf2/49278702690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/607a227ec02d631f9c60482a1837fa8a/34439967008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74379b4ee9---dugunaxezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/verilavupafajuxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/18315727399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e97b72bcd2---99838961748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/gewerojize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23116854443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a756ecbfe29---3962316347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/9668563844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be744e9241b---86201033177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160901a96a60f2---17941214074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veaodaibrahma.com/uploads/image/files/tivurofugesitezuwote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/897ca0abdcbcd140507de490d253a44d/gazimukozajuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbac086fdc---xewefetozonadivibez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3cb52eaad---wenobivabalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780d5128a77---nufonukiwenuvonoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2587fbb7c7c245780bf0a3c24178bbc6/wogetamazala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8aeef5f5---wuvasabiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5f3f0a699bf5e277e8dec02ad03ae3d/13624098931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010458.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10458 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 2f3101ded60efdf11b40f67448520a2d572cd44a3d8f833a7108da63aacfbfbe
font_01_sfnt_off00011b96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A8 17636 bytes
SHA-256: 124c7da854832406cec1bca9bfe80dab0078284984d859aad8658527a37c587d