Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d927a06604576c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:49:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d3155b693ca14cffa020432bbbaa666f SHA-1: 204c93c1e71dac590d1ec76d97ccf230ac995d73 SHA-256: 3d927a06604576c807399686405bd411339926bb04e496b0ff69940a71a3dcbf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly analyzed for specific actions, is often used in PDFs to facilitate malicious redirects or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=eddy+kim+the+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6aa57303ed---64392001665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/17433949604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xetaihyundai.net/upload/files/20812433318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e4a98e47e---51750327863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narnivet.com/userfiles/files/39019938807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ab8924316b204b58e03b70a13021f89/gonemufared.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27724306942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d3d62fc7d1f5d2fc3ee170dbe7d3555/88208734579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/vavanobug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826140549ec---busasorezudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orvositudasbazis.eu/images/upload/file/14718611651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210702_104723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/63616018408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607806a711968---jasatusuxarevelesoturoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e9d9cdadb---14371113040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d36db24feb---lanowumelujovajorutamit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/34402287976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca59d56b62---jidasidujelokurezewujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/15281220544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf9f712c3211ae88e6fc7ca2ddcdfd50/metufojodetarusilobitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a2be99a6d---64341693332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oteaexpert.fr/cite_imgs/file/mamovejarovovobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/593cc99a64fc9e2f2e33a291676292a0/litevowetowita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/39879783950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b8e79e739---4394333431.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b498.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB498 10412 bytes
SHA-256: ce6bb92bc305fc8d0e2da3e210b58c259b942d2aed41b8e802f9034fad7e7134
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e403.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE403 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 6ca9b480e9a920c8c13885a7b62f4f3b7e6cc84beec3aa8d3ea835e5dd10a72d
font_03_sfnt_off000112b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112B0 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc