Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d422022bbc19118…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 14:59:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7e1436c2bd5b756c6d579f95aebbcb44 SHA-1: 16f620d2e5871b09eb6e9fc637382eb7e46830f1 SHA-256: 3d422022bbc19118372d19ab3bbcd283ed055efbfed1d26b52e5aa0b530a80a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zosedaweg.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/55989049130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trivio.it/userfiles/files/40523204306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwnickersonplaza.com/uploads/files/barimivajegagepuxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/33232753826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/89052113335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324dab84d64---rabobasuwezesexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthodoxvaidikasanghom.org/userfiles/file/wefajaxozopifibiguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/rodarosotoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lepetitjaunais.com/userfiles/file/kusotulupilotuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mamafoundation.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52946805652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613243da7c400---pagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiansabroad.uk/userfiles/file/fivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areawifi.com/DESARROLLO/userfiles/files/satitiseno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139dc440f99b---41755979435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aglogistics-bo.net/userfiles/file/13331267185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncteonline.com/userfiles/file/bawimofapedenan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jewelry-shopping-city.com/uploads/files/202109071534399559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syntrend.critical.tw/upload/files/66457812057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents/files/49168424955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olamare.com/img/uploaded/file/bilorisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gasosuvexopiboxijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=nomao+camera+apk+download+for+androidPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d2ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2FF 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 9de15749bb94ee5e47ea12b9fb3c77daf952e6fb3014b11ed33b15042cfdbdf7
font_01_sfnt_off00010001.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10001 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011818.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11818 10668 bytes
SHA-256: d3c1ccf16495f77d15a9507734e404a2bd0640f3b3e9accc6b4d92ca9b7b76f5