Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3de6c35f83a702a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:45:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4f76395dcd35c5a9b531baeb379e8fcd SHA-1: c8c930c34a67be8f4544cc706ab5212c67f843ff SHA-256: 3de6c35f83a702a1ea58e3501c0cc87e9bf73ab0a09e91c6f7cdce6ce916f3bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple embedded URLs point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The document body is unreadable, but the overall structure and URL analysis strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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 http://erfansari.ir/ckeditor/files/files/17706350335.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c045add3936---3850200357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb5bead5e906c35390fef3afb2897d69/wuguse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/28619328702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77380810658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/5263983335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tacchigroup.com/public/thread/risorse/file/kekonudonepemitepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c43c370ff2ab2ec6b208cdcec453b3/finamusifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08704d32c2db7bf157c306e4a0052224/38489479015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/files/fupufek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63e4963abc61ba2cd3f1da4758b28b69/6997457342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c27d2b989e0188efb0e72fb899f38c21/43297225749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608774401ded9---xojexiligosudobomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3587d831afd636c23ca8d23892c8a81b/38704893291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f976d4128a470373ad6cd6d3d9e738a5/xoliti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/pidifipaxilanulowesider.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/85430752015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/rebusaxovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://testpensija.bankai.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30066945732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacyfamilyunity.com/clients/2/20/203fd950dafdada58ea32e7b96f0d147/File/1095219952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50d021ab98654a1f9c6582ce5738d0ed/zifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4ps71ou7qg5gnn2mhvhm6phph/85255883341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e42a854433---81932149260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/gotasaxomawemekumoxodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioindelicato.com/userfiles/files/wakidafeduliwobolajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608402735bdc7---xenerugejedizaburebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/87556396115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=words+that+start+with+fr+for+kindergartenPDF 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_off0000dc81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC81 17684 bytes
SHA-256: dc9cd8c303e80fd0e3f7dbba3d38b3fff78d92d7e2ba222886542b0fe0566ad8
font_01_sfnt_off000109f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F5 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 1f5a465838cc46cfbb20cf528440a8e7d7d81c0bbab9dc2bb9029bdbf4fa80e0
font_02_sfnt_off00012285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12285 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1