Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d6f50c2db1987b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 01:15:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 260138bfa94a07226e1fb2395979c8fc SHA-1: 028ae329f29bd106476ec917129943c69f8b7803 SHA-256: 3d6f50c2db1987b4bec1fa9b70d0c1e48b97b305aa560c6fb08322916eecd634
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised or disposable web infrastructure, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

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://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139159fd1751---sewegabidefatuzej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_F1DFAF9203F0A8CD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisne.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gamixutakunugijopenitujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drinkpoint.com/uploads/files/sevidog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/nefafatifori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/fasirapevatubosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/savezidewuwovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021091018453262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents/files/katosafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/tavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medwin.kr/userData/board/file/dologatetumumefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekainternetowa.net/_mdm_apteki/file/87040499973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jts-electrical.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49360106277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/077bbcf84b28f41b4d74bcd041980ec5/gijevapezofajufuxubexero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14071340108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa36332c3b6e0404414d65cfa42cf1a5/loxawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclub.org/projects/achievemore/admin/upload/fckImages/file/wofaxonerubalepinenovesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/negivasatedijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366e78990398418b533df013cb379679/51046592642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohadalegistrocbarter.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/derat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/78486486183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolekkoyum.com/admin/UserFiles/file/majotonepefarolidopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/95481011463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/bodeguginiradeget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anaja-inter.org/public/file/23800284974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=jelly+splash+apkPDF 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_off0000ca7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA7C 18308 bytes
SHA-256: 4df608e216fd9d1fbb4c68ae71f76ccf147ab58a05b06adc22ede0f1021653f2
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11238 10032 bytes
SHA-256: 592cbcbfe63486d28fea59bb7fc2cc27215f16f22eb260a5346cb6a979e0077a