Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dc78c938568d82b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 22:08:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4e05d9f8dd6610ed26dbf3b0ddf9cb7b SHA-1: 30cc81cf342ec77e99e396ded10d97a16f561099 SHA-256: 3dc78c938568d82b943abdfaf08c8ab2b37e011f9200ff1662f72c38fb57ff4c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content or phishing attempts. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics indicates a deliberate effort to redirect users to potentially harmful destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03f61b58369c6fb617a23da410207715/xilifofeturafi.pdf
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b68066b94d7d763c6ddab2d7da76232/85356636753.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8c8830d4f---7305975236.pdf
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ca227a157cb2678ea02cf0acdb7acc8/ralopodusilexires.pdf
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gas7oojppqpfo9ebphnob5ank/zetik.pdf
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/lowifutelakodisemekukete.pdf
    • http://bakerfamreunion.com/clients/1/13/13be4b03bdabdd3a133c3ee64ed6201b/File/31125690722.pdf
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906c6ac2a2e---fajine.pdf
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b748accd3754d1fffa16fd13ff1fa1d/24117426943.pdf
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef51e09c1a---motuvezatowir.pdf
    • http://smartvoicecom.com/userfiles/nijuwexafokaf.pdf
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fefeee79b1---36654156158.pdf
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/79154217093.pdf
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32505171b84ddb5ce522692cdfd9ac73/79820113096.pdf
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2b148f4c8bc691804da56c08f6e85fd/musof.pdf
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b919be7a667---fevimiruzamow.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfb19998e5---38031105379.pdf
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccda8ef59b---nepezodoruzuzul.pdf
    • http://littlepearlspublishing.in/data/eimages/file/48939946785.pdf
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/58763282555.pdf
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/17300958222.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d656775f0e---98019352798.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00b781ae4b---26929550748.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=star+methods+examples
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001215b.bin
46bde49940e39d798a17b2dafb154195f5c36819c3e6b8db8772fc8cedbe9350
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1215B 17000 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014dc9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DC9 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000165e0.bin
cccb92cf0e249fdf87164f2a74559d79416dc8a2e7b84b96003b4f8025d0d402
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165E0 10636 bytes