Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ea2d00d10050a75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 21:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cccd29a7a7b7f4e8f3ae78edeb3afe62 SHA-1: 12cf217da29eae9bd3d99e0a4400eba6c3081104 SHA-256: 3ea2d00d10050a75ad984cc1623bc8600bd4d4127494254c12991fce02acbc1e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, with the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic highlighting a direct link to a suspicious PDF file. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a tactic to disguise malicious content within legitimate-looking infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ee9204261---29099488225.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://danfilenemd.com/clients/67744/File/jejukolijixamab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40560eff89---47436314952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31cf85f5768663f0dcd66269bff632c0/nusetixinisivupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2891679f83---6458128577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0it8eevsnq7225k6fo791bop3/21650480230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b85f87d68a9f932ffe0066dae506bc7/ruverud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/88674206507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/nitijuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aff5495ce14---24059848005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fceec4fb2---56203255903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e54a8315d7---bogadotekimetex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acce98bdbb---99129304711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ml0c3j8tna670fupt5q0juldv/wesodinaluxefuxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rm-parketi.si/uploads/majevulirokekoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ac10c3035988ed22ccea6e83fab0cb0/lerobawodelulogonenexub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e569f4c5e27688cad058fa048cb5c591/julizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/502136993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/fukaxapaneredidemupad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/28371636006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=rusumo+hydroelectric+power+stationPDF 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_off0000e3ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3AC 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 45eb103630768944c70544197627d5bc6daed0dd082330478f2a982b1e15fa30
font_01_sfnt_off000111d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129E7 11124 bytes
SHA-256: c2485ba757ec7222dae2374e79e787811637c7818906d9920f40ffa7c553f8e3