Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cdb578dd3c0d0ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

143.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 18:24:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d7da3872b74bfc5d37339f7bef9f523e SHA-1: 304751bb45bcc319717851e7a6518d16253b37dc SHA-256: 3cdb578dd3c0d0eed8743374e58f53db248aafa864abbd5c38cc935c3835eb7a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9786

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=la+biblia+de+las+brujas+pdf+descargar
    • http://zhihepvb.com/upload/ckimg/files/202108131757081037.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb8d780f7ef---kawidapipilexa.pdf
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a431ca4930f---2016775232.pdf
    • http://hitelesen.com/userfiles/file/dubuwedixuvikobofit.pdf
    • http://hvpeds.com/upload/contents/file/79673595724.pdf
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607040622f70b---77455524688.pdf
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2a77a4ab76---2611735573.pdf
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e7e351436edef11a0634c461e322607/16412949213.pdf
    • http://westernstudioservice.com/admin/userfiles/file/rodiruduv.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rigm2m5ergdhlqkepsub2knp47/lubodorofisutiripurageme.pdf
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fbb53672a08bd6d7a9c6bf9fb7eccde/21387243345.pdf
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161008e2f402d1---81141515438.pdf
    • http://prosquash.by/data/romabutilud.pdf
    • http://dejede.com/userfiles/file/meridujuzemudebu.pdf
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/jezusataluxexedadu.pdf
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/77239119260be5350c2659.pdf
    • http://twinmd.ru/userfiles/file/rujixasuligidafof.pdf
    • http://relatives-united.com/clients/75139/File/93830103647.pdf
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/37809817819.pdf
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b6e9500703ea0799b5bdc35d8dcfb36/mipawokusezoz.pdf
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788df90776c---nilesunupinalolo.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/bisodezisetugirutawigije.pdf
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/moximobuful.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0057c66018---69776877223.pdf
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/33242302284.pdf
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1613631848.pdf
    • 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_off0001caaa.bin
1f24ff48dc9a7752dd0930488936ae4d138c95b4e182654282dc11f69e1d95df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CAAA 10800 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001e329.bin
dd5bcf406cd17998d0d36a14ae81729a738d54be09fd3359f451624e0b6c4938
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E329 19376 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00021514.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21514 16792 bytes