Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3da81c25d8c71a98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:49:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ab07ce302815cd09c8bfc1491d8062a4 SHA-1: ca50ac32fa6623962858b7ed0c1f950a7397bd31 SHA-256: 3da81c25d8c71a98f0143d5108e7a28db3e645e96313afb17427c436f3ec68c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a download button lure further supports a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/xasufoju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shiphangnhanh.net/uploads/image/files/wixuzojesevirerafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemayrockinstitute.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/rulapedesovare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoekidsworld.com/userfiles/file/27100739792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/134221988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/jazul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5mal4.de/moneyvidya/web/images/userfiles/file/16277714327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/158105819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/55156485963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/jogokudujusas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5fb9e9f928e05fd633605d6a92760ff/reviwiselanujupevavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjacksonfamilyreunion.com/clients/e/e2/e2167ce47089e9b789d53270b7cccc99/File/bupenojiwalifurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1b6c4113d---dibun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/luzanidegudopaleliluneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.es/upload/10192750892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/sojezeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/zeratalebutefipol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210522162172278552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web-news.eu/www/pkpar/userfiles/file/ligumuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b813431ba---dodupejemukofipofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denis-lefebvre-services.com/fichiers/file/mimegofatusinipijunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83e42c0b23891bfd870277266c33e2ca/58495515284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210820111332_ddlodj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euredit-editions.com/userfiles/file/46018031124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=understanding+financial+accounting+solutions+manualPDF 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_off0000c823.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC823 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 2905ec032a01cad1675888a59a036a8bc1f4133cdcc26fd8c8fe877336016217
font_01_sfnt_off0000f687.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF687 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 1e72473962bdf598afa40642c879b51c8493274b7ca8370ef0c96fd91786b6ea
font_02_sfnt_off00010f9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1