Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d6141c93aaddabc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-10-07 12:18:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: e7b5ae3e808ae6307888391da426daf1 SHA-1: 24cc3b838887aa4a651905cfa0830f97563ae918 SHA-256: 3d6141c93aaddabc2095154678c0415d06011f96eacb4137869d89a336aac309
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure and URL patterns suggest it functions as a link farm to exploit compromised web infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/412a7a33525c1af053d9669d502b7e91/desuves.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artpolyclinic.com/file/files/49635491127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdwatch.net/upload/files/2021090908491970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/73077417398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoa5aj.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28360203586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hastensandbreakfast.nl/userfiles/file/bibagidos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homestayhoian.vn/uploads/image/files/52377860717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2972657e90dc805cb7963473e7d56eb6/44260151956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aed03dd0eb100adfa0a0143091ac7578/zufavovamemexuluwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-27/20210927192139765564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horacebatten.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixuwuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/96444248872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/293d23e7f3a40d0d5dba3384c3d2d2d6/mojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlquality.com/userfiles/file/vizukajajefotivupubipibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://habitat3.eu/userfiles/files/35563433073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/41052745241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.terresdescaraibes.fr/file/34729203177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38c24a9c0559faa125e1a7e6465d0421/37651093566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24aqari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6585472495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/Files/files/japuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijuvugomibaraba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenphat.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/kidexudafevowadururev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/refevapisobis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320bcedae18---zoliwijekumevome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.it/uploads/file/32674957928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=scope+of+work+template+pdfPDF 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_off0000f108.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF108 20320 bytes
SHA-256: 12d98b06df8bb86a463c220fc46efd9556b345be50ae0b7236a49b4efbcd9f57
font_01_sfnt_off00012577.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12577 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 03001ab0f2921052b8cec0f7c8c9203bc66afce194e92efdd92f80cad0fdab95
font_02_sfnt_off00013e12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1