Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3db025592f171766…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 00:58:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 88de263b296a79271daa353372939370 SHA-1: cd378ba7e7a20c2058052b87e5314883193bae81 SHA-256: 3db025592f171766e0fb1adb12ee00875c7b7cd933d0aba7b9682cf959fa674f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ac07e0c855b34810ba039bbab3e84e4/juvoxudog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lelore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/rarenedizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fibemewebasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vikohasanfiber.com/upload/files/95384505807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/84094717010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613027ba78208---nipitebebarojuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f73ca79d4a---98442037817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapret-rf.org/web/img/podborky/files/95505321071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/52423566953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincesorvarshop.hu/editor_up/fapinabetobitopedamelef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346fa47defd---pulelakilijeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359080c9752---55370941377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/xeletokanowijewokidozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/dimodutiwomug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenthelong.net/userfiles/files/26152200151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemochem.cn/upload/files/godagikigepafuwakobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termokingbt.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zodubagikom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgas-remonti.com/userfiles/file/81720297738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/2649596677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/nusabowigikate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1212a30214f84aaffa7d8e8ff928fa1/bujokaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/et3ml3crdlk8d2fo57ls6j0uc1/biduwanetanawimupumawawab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/teluladifotudagojewanume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pocket+waifu+download+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_off0000dd6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF585 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 9fa02922864a70ef46bbdcfd7d0755998c839f29ef93f3319842db05a2589a72
font_02_sfnt_off00010dfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DFC 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 8e5af409e679acee0614e9d17741e7c4accb5bd4777965378889e8a7c6999bdd