Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cce37aab7c35c1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 21:38:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9542462bb0317f1430d892ab7e118036 SHA-1: c8a539b98409d1288796d2ddddbce1ac2fc94b36 SHA-256: 3cce37aab7c35c1cfb8f523608f07620a4240305728a41dd40d6ad4c9002dad8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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 http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946bcbab153---bafewanobakadufu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3d9c4b5ef---bifenuzebuxidudimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791c08c1fed---zinisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ab4eba5dc---sigomog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/mipixelugajomafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-1commercialkitchenservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kamolelulevegafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-tct.ru/userfiles/file/31733995909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a1d6f9f6994624d094a363888b888ec/jomaxivuxekuwane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ocdrd6fc9t6igt6k31pah9gho9/71958253231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/7115802812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/futumifofobalefugesatumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ac11e40ac---30622128593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6957a1df2---26934303668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/27819822922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/013b26a9dd79af657086a087d98f9966/31228297820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsdtldfjb8bjkfohenoq4rhfbs/66314077022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.ca/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/46846064057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5ff4c5643---gikodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0afce47ca---wibakowefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/558705ab942f5b72946c2843c42bfa2a/13566371292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/50653956012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/kuvovinajupisewopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangtaisay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/80523074211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e9io13a3lp5fjojbrkhcg1bd0/80946064231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=grey+horses+in+grand+national+2021PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f741.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF741 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 7f1af9c67038938c136e7b86544877c9c619cfc2fe36d828c029b4ebb5964811
font_01_sfnt_off0001109b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1109B 16632 bytes
SHA-256: 680e586a1ee573e661d30ea0f7a97a8805d5b79b2e3d5282e6cd27ea8e1e9edb
font_02_sfnt_off000127ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127AC 17472 bytes
SHA-256: cc9ad3968754d28dc717bff773566fc5b134dead037011233bb99a2d0307ffbe
font_03_sfnt_off000155ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1