Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cda9d3c24106da0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

127.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 00:16:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 66536f2b275f4a6a5f2b737a8a07f224 SHA-1: b5894c7c789c239fef4ab0d730383238e3d3a9c8 SHA-256: 3cda9d3c24106da02c76cf829e51fb6ff90c12bed746df911e48d7a45d612601
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 a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely serving as a lure for users to download further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing-like lure. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure suggests a malicious document delivery mechanism.

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
  • 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://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ed2d060a2---65111136498.pdf
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/94525146729.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea88fa133d---putajutokivaturewemewabiw.pdf
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee95204ceb---nunerudipozevipuguru.pdf
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/gobuwigiv.pdf
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a4010aaf5---25773552360.pdf
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ecnedk61fovpi591f34ia9un8/14240327034.pdf
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/96989130046.pdf
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780ce0bd791---lezapagevisuwizodiwuz.pdf
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/anrkddfk275mebvdnani9rms5f/95706413742.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08f71c20dae4b17bf58da3fed1b3d3c0/rabetaxadiretewunap.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5e1a3ee42eb85e3c7fa64dfa4830908/panukiwowopevataxuvilibok.pdf
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjpli5flrearojtngp0g612ek4/74199331377.pdf
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gcem9f7fe8938k2taibjh8htk/22592080188.pdf
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eh8rafrdqe3n2l7fel7off8nh5/16681598594.pdf
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/patomuzejod.pdf
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/15252856442.pdf
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c533212c999d0d59881635f3b45d6b77/tesal.pdf
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/funavipomemopunok.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a34c2977e7---gijoseduxopepiru.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsph00l4amoeevbri2f4pvbtpf/45887782393.pdf
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/xotekezowime.pdf
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/quqm59kahciv2uradtiqn4et87/98853672413.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=tpm+in+process+industries+pdf+free+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000189d9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x189D9 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001a1eb.bin
907289ccc7ea30cdecc36c881b76aa05e9a21c2d6aba3230a83ca08b0e56e511
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A1EB 19688 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001d531.bin
f8586a001d5ee5abb7721712184e3e4464900945c4bec36b8388a8afd2477891
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D531 10928 bytes