Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3db90ad41b810915…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-16 16:49:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 83b758e4ac005e26806d0751bfb67230 SHA-1: ebf8562079862c372c6d4355e63c3db7e37ff621 SHA-256: 3db90ad41b8109150b86b564fb6de537c3204181602747649fd8344d17c72577
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing a link farm that points to multiple compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous links to potentially malicious content suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf1cf2e0a1---14121868192.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/20793904847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.org/ipp/images/uploads/files/nudididusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moda-minulosti.cz/docs/momin/file/pekoximog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/44784404110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7085e888a013d58165ccfc810413706c/96402687091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6620e54d7---xizigilubazido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/monenelobixukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607358a7f2154---bajuwaxorevatera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/zunidadezizevemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073935246d2e---7745265902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/17641816295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51829e05fba313b62a26e91d639074c4/99042136281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609636a13ee8f---pazemunene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609876f16fa46---bozamekawerijixulun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///55535267652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tf0eu1a87jhdm9j3o9lqsotk55/63822733013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/duputixabofodulijalogom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/tepasexapekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb60f82b5a4---23983201600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607630cd4cd1f---50463995266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ceefe9d4ee---biguwixitabopazalajifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ea9a0a5b2---witipodixividaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/kerezozigavabirapalufubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/57058016082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=a+bicycle+in+good+repair+class+7+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000edf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001060a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1060A 11308 bytes
SHA-256: f55449c3043d133a988910365cfd2dd8cad65e837692b4ebd743194cb64f1413
font_02_sfnt_off0001202a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202A 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 52b6965a0a3e59ba4ece06034a1e880a3850f712d9cf7afd83f0814e9f385a15