Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ed5e626fbe7eb12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-09-23 11:49:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 42216289da398dd8c297faf2fb38f130 SHA-1: 0df5da3676abf516ff50c96f3e229dc69f21a82a SHA-256: 3ed5e626fbe7eb121d5d721fef34c191962f631436cd650354a6cb48a7ac03cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's designed to host and distribute malicious files. The presence of a download button lure further supports a phishing or scam attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+strategy+ios+games PDF link annotation
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac44c424bd---ruriwenukimatupidapefog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/636828235a4c41069ea8980206ebf601/95361934936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelejitenigekokexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143192ea57e3---51934470334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416d600bf9e---sewobinujezafafijidupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmcoverseaspvtltd.com/uploads/files/giwoduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210923_E1CEDA76C604DC9A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/genupokisix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e35fd7ad44---kelisisodebudiraduge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodermclinic.com/file_media/file_image/file/63998427331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/xikoxojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automyjka.pl/automyjka.pl/userfiles/file/vimefox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b04f14d14e---powomavokufowojemozixusix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicfood-cn.com/files/20210920090317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yushendesign.com/images_fck/file/1631986908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36563493760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunakeszi.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/96660148148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vemisorawefejimikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36674de182d5e5dd1a2b840e0f508f9c/bagifigupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elliptical-trainers.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24843008155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f31c961775---sujoxegowijiripulelowawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/zujunanutigozijazavite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tokefesitinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d65841b1aeeae6effce2484dc50a8cd8/fuloranexazuvafutilur.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_off00010bf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012404.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12404 18188 bytes
SHA-256: 13f324b13b3cf8430197eceed264c34b196ca3f1b9b3cb1c3c809ab05a7ec2c0
font_02_sfnt_off00015301.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15301 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 4f038d197e126dac5b715a7a26390aa2c66fcca92292b1f153d023b5d7c11ecc