Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d9dd816bd852a93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:20:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7b50d2efde339fb4226259741d6d8d31 SHA-1: c8100911644764b9ab3437ed657e49888a6f9772 SHA-256: 3d9dd816bd852a9380ed8f7cd66d8b1081d623511172225a00893c4efe7b3317
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggest an attempt to direct users to malicious sites or engage them in a scam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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.
  • 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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a402a412e---paxapore.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/8957636326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/85856046009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f9e30d34d95592a66b4964ff7a9e19f/52383364617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2d9c6f4e9---sodogogobejunab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d14e88c242c2d3dbd066f20cd0eb1da4/vapabimegeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/64252875622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9u2lf5bvkhnsgio39h7htkogn1/besikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8df2359c32---lamaretakoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be89a40d555---50419185124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e156608e4a0505faed6d9f8cbee63ff/fomedubeminurifetabiwidod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607926c6e4643---3296273999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9506c7a6bf---fokutuginenusabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/telidowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00bdeff6a98969f4f3722124835cf448/pisesogenigokaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/pijamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/muvuloziroxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/seropatifogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a267f4d0cab---mariwodudolenibuwifuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3befbbc5959f17bdbbc5208243b799e7/93127693489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/30512322265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=utah+county+tax+assessor+property+searchPDF 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_off0000e3bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3BB 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 5839ae33003157cff10e011cd9462407256997b23c7180cfdc8e12377c6e1583
font_01_sfnt_off00010fd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FD0 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 5e655837b398e50a1d532381d74792a8112e0585fd50e5ede39739dc089aa756
font_02_sfnt_off0001284c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1284C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1