Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ced56ac506d8eaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 12:36:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: ef53b88017690a45cc7c1b5e3b0fcdfc SHA-1: a843a97de845c5332a3a8b3dda4a13615631bfdf SHA-256: 3ced56ac506d8eaf13b5c64ff1c8920c9851a36b0f52a5546fd2d369b2c7ed54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fillable+pdf+dnd+character+sheet PDF link annotation
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b85f993c01---lifeduvigofuruduvawifur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094aa4c88a0d---xamumeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/8860562364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susanirvine.com/clients/82887/File/badakegaribadodik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/27247871622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/70582287755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d8d6d5649---95198586034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zofujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e53a5f6b01575552bf9a2710af59576a/mapopajipirudafikol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cntbo78c41bu7epnoni78n80c6/lukufusejunoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/wagogogugajexudotakovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fcaf10fea8cc43412b8442e2a865859/46805639778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e560a2ac9---38950461753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/41608833579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7ba743b52---jekose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1ef2099e9---39379578974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xoblates.com/clients/e/e0/e08cfb93fb97b00c28394d0532709dc9/File/worumodatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcfa791c07---89704794820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94e9f6cd9e4e630abedc8b7d0c3f1ee7/12258226823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-6-18/20210618175021358629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/19575177398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/beforajukolakubavopijabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/mumonagupoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608001b45abd5---tokunofaxevikexanapefadag.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_off0000f57c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF57C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D93 10712 bytes
SHA-256: a7d9d86772fd1fc02c5db84aef846761ede82089e3a0e9b3f351d07686901118
font_02_sfnt_off000125d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D3 17604 bytes
SHA-256: 562eb0d00c86c2678e2ce252a878a17c797980ea8e224e68de3eb28e08c39b9d