Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dc852ccd029590f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:42:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 43819c9a57661f603eda24811ef7ec94 SHA-1: cde77372a1c416b256ae913d327c2418bdfe48b3 SHA-256: 3dc852ccd029590f46389880f3e872ad0481c44fb7a3b7e39de27a8fbe1f2e35
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=threadworms+in+stomach', indicate a potential lure for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=threadworms+in+stomach PDF link annotation
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608724aa9cdbd---47435849241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b702f8ee83f---2318019874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bjjgq3celkssnd9o4snic1afn4/29738307596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a6767e3f1---53087212618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feast.to/upd_file/devotaxokagomigere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8caaf2b83c---zumawutuvutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812c6777a3e---25348977591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984d7a11e28---gagajevokojabonopof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68b0378a8dcbaab3fe30615308a205a9/zixegazowisano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b119a554bdd---direvokakemezidagevenitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e68b3d597f577fa758184c95a4cb2520/37333858982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1e8ca2aa0d---76383848629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8654ec3d2---gawoxivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-travel089.com/CKEdit/upload/files/28653920847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skddjo10daamdhdurmtq12tbs3/fexoxolofofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084dba297073---31722060380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae60d92e158---81002858140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/385245c0e0cbb534d1133dfe704cc732/tivefuvisavojosuveseroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a464f009c8e---silipozawakovetovawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a870ed49dfd0bce93e13410d4b61c8d/56407768347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d4735ba5f---18014024858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dcb7035e51---69613611612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/162234936437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f218.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF218 10640 bytes
SHA-256: dd257693f7bdeb4414813b50d482a7aca6b76869e42c63824efdf29f0720d9c3
font_01_sfnt_off00010a5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001226c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1226C 17812 bytes
SHA-256: f99437047a3a9a63c4b4908d4213fa751440c2ab047387e4239c65adafa5b765