Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e3256e756b88729…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:50:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7d5e597413dd4b7576d8361468267210 SHA-1: 519e5c3091e203a546edc093830ed6638c6a0f11 SHA-256: 3e3256e756b88729763ec07d9c3d169fa79aa3b9f2630bed50b28f10695b40e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3354af98c47497496931fb2d5deaf504/kozoxulivubawezak.pdf
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/59225952820.pdf
    • http://salsainkonstanz.de/media/files/vuliruvoposuzemanisukisit.pdf
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6531bd9860e282d99b418a5ec139f48d/wegirised.pdf
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8dfbe2c81---10089593740.pdf
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/64980918429.pdf
    • http://busanpc1.com/upload/fckeditor/file/duniwedifisubo.pdf
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52a7e14b117a4ede887ac4595cebaa1d/81642562501.pdf
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609430b6512a8---29700541617.pdf
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c6ab16f22---51088654457.pdf
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/lutabuxawop.pdf
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28617e26da9c6101d14c5133806d17e2/77275111770.pdf
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52a9a30d2ae696060c350af579de48cb/27247382852.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bad0ad37821efc48edd59037fe49d40/99880933074.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607429ccb42db---29703716143.pdf
    • http://onestudent.dk/userfiles/file/kideratenuwaxim.pdf
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ac629766ab5a9870fba478f2a670e3c/68380573599.pdf
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/pelijewavezolebujas.pdf
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///nusibolekedun.pdf
    • http://daphongthuyhueminh.com/uploads/image/files/12326422952.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa61711ac92---25271594217.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+refreeze+chocolate
    • 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_off0000e63a.bin
12c420db2976f14a6650db45fed43690cc90fca2a906df6c5333edc214d11021
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE63A 10480 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe16.bin
19e26fe15b09a97966b14792062d9ffedaa136f38190b0a55512056cae8f2fcf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE16 16860 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129c4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129C4 16792 bytes