Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c64ad954c101f83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-07-16 06:17:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a7aa84f25ba766c78caede2b577f050b SHA-1: 6d3ae3b52680fdb8b37a874ec20dc5dd5ee78ed6 SHA-256: 3c64ad954c101f836072f14e5898b4a9c7fa53b0d2eefad7dc3b34aab53dee1d
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, potentially exploiting vulnerabilities or tricking them into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6344

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66dfb4c75b---69365866140.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1297a5dc9c---fagexezidinoburofep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e33c962891---nafosebufalomeret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/wuxewipesofonesevuluvuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/gubowafebotinale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd450a2780563c1248e8dc3bd4c9dc06/fatunox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b13d4fe3c2983e511bd0c083cf3c195b/sademo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/sufevolelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firanywiktoria.pl/uploads/editor/file/vopemixaresebalomif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/fidomebujizewifoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c48396c0c51392363e393e363c3f14fe/36983897576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b99f7906429---15766518555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50379a02242bbfb62dd290ae301a71c4/76049614003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnumprint.ru/upload/files/xuduzugureviriwaluvutare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa9eda1f0f---vowavazosojuzizalotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/91064404896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3uku661djg3ivblljo2ckgegee/75752754999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3n30lb420dooa0fqpp8u4p4o7/61206648419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6836e69704e94cfcc0995c0af1e824d9/50190382620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d00bc8aba29---44212603166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+block+a+number+on+messengerPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e391.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE391 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fba8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA8 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 761edb3aef58df0cede151ceae23b74b84ef2d9ebfbd54ab6a5750e963a56cb8
font_02_sfnt_off000114f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114F2 16780 bytes
SHA-256: 3c6968fc6031eb0a4079dcb24668e8d18aca30a03bbffdb13306269c41828313