Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d1ce02ca370064e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 06:15:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d938aa0837c2dd34872be7a268275ecd SHA-1: 82f82e4e462fc84ba7036848659ce1bc1939730a SHA-256: 3d1ce02ca370064ef70334e749751c8a810eebf7a688b8eecfb0d110e251185e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing lure. It contains numerous links to PDF files hosted on compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful content, likely for phishing or scam purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uq3rrgiomr66d7pe45bn4caqck/67757101491.pdf
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8498ed7f28---28522342426.pdf
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096001ebcfef---23620113886.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae7fc8452de---nuneluxusogoxe.pdf
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/vodufasi.pdf
    • http://cfacgroup.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/vepitesexafakosexedel.pdf
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dup2ikkdriqdktfmt0p5lq9tg4/70942924967.pdf
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cb3eb9951---80938202148.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/os5s79tt5sh4goeo0taufk0p61/53319023756.pdf
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/pinolafuzuzu.pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608355d7ca80b---69942504444.pdf
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/159a43450b9c3e390db2d6e7bd878569/duruxejipazivo.pdf
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/19307493081.pdf
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/lerusapepod.pdf
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gdjsuai5rhtemfoq66r9av3e1/35291389001.pdf
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21cd666c67---xusor.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b03c128b92---fofikaw.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094da254dc38---59607418984.pdf
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/dabumodozifisikadezenoto.pdf
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/zumaxanodoraxuz.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608895242ac08---jojoxemonej.pdf
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cbbe0b0a9---58450342854.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=with+lumped+mass+matrix+the+differential+equation+of+vibration+refers+to
    • 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_off0000cefd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEFD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e70f.bin
b25ca6aa60f9d69f11ca674842770404cb7e88f9ea36076d918f6247b9817af3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE70F 18816 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000117d2.bin
70e02e02a5a9671fd98b06a5f75372feac9056d012c83051be9b017b5de2ee8f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D2 11312 bytes