Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ea9bdc219a04bdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

131.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:07:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 78444022553b081d85aa8e2e8ca22225 SHA-1: 3229033565ccb56e1a359570f45f100f29b4f99d SHA-256: 3ea9bdc219a04bdfbf1b7a374b04a0a143932d24b669d482127c15ff0677ac6c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The document likely serves as a lure to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=psychology+practical+book+class+11+pdf
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c93db5bcd0---mitasew.pdf
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/xopuxiwoma.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06b0769faf---puzoletuvo.pdf
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9e8e01168---pawapigupokegegaruwus.pdf
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/965b326da5fc64c376e4a897dbd96e10/16418351939.pdf
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b2cfb6501---1034757592.pdf
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/17519832702.pdf
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/puzozozaluxu.pdf
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fac1e0a983661dbc961e7da845568419/mutij.pdf
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08fbe0d2a5---10292468446.pdf
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ab6e4b530982f9b83c929483b75e59/vefofetijogotezagabusesiv.pdf
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085178ed3a27---xelozoxitunewidunix.pdf
    • http://laptopplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/53054241088.pdf
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/vatepabadute.pdf
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/77648523327.pdf
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1f9cbdaab---33644644798.pdf
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/704230502109fa08cea6f9d094ebf3c2/64538753234.pdf
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc2e8fa169a1509aad6952305c30a8cb/toxodagodorami.pdf
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b155c639e1c107f88ed7e9bb467cf241/xewudaxebexuriretemerive.pdf
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/retoxuvogulal.pdf
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfe521c9ecb---robigajopobipasopurubow.pdf
    • 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_off00019987.bin
4d5e2cbd9a4adbb692927b094486f7b25b1da71ad123f4adf9bea9043e968c76
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19987 20836 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001cf0b.bin
c1ddb0bacc42b8319b0424d28943b4f34ec269f68958201a01ab7b2715cda365
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CF0B 11064 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001e8a7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E8A7 16792 bytes