Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f204970c6c48f57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-14 03:14:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e8f8fa7b1cfc24f7fd304fe83dab81f5 SHA-1: 8a9d9a12904ec1e3f1f6e911b95df8d14775627a SHA-256: 3f204970c6c48f57e9622453d9583f7e74c73b1d493d2bc039cf07a911de9a51
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many pointing to domains flagged as disposable hosting or potentially compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites, potentially exploiting PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://aedwea.com/upload/foto/zukusedijelovalo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e4a597524---6681317441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ace0eed35d---21367318249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/xisegojazulapipemef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f0582c063---nesama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trlgpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/94798693510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d34ab7b74---3650536620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jakspravnenapsa.cz/userfiles/file/5372479185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/5767127827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h92q7fbd5bo5pidveh3ditmhn4/jaxodopejetutofuxebomikib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4445ms7i88qhvp9vnivoivfvg/lesagowaduvijepetavune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85f5e3e3a393e29093343c058284f616/weragakapimevigit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/dogegidozemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/le9u1lak7kq07qhv3l0nelor04/bajipik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a07e06c195c---15139578603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcb48c9117eddfe85e3db637c9550fe5/42341243572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8eca2c24e24d266837a60d30d31e06/88341522268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6fe5aacdha6cj1rk672039h42/kobixujixerowizusisixapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/49519536610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2dcb2f543---fodizetofakizesaxufesat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivaco.it/file/supibidigagazorisodasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ca4d498307e703d543d68c8bc7c4322/nowozojabufuparowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ddf1a1f75---34889217078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bevojicd44c3d3ito6vfmeh1s1/navat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e0e084579---28573967884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33a4c2680784d38e6a4f7cd4f6c0eda5/rawixenujepawewexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=exercise+8.1+class+9PDF 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_off0000ee58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE58 17320 bytes
SHA-256: f69181f54e183ef5305710412382c8ddef140ddc5632f2e1427d1f505e625014
font_01_sfnt_off00011b72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B72 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 8c0ed4485433d6b0346c718d0ebf35d53ad6dcec77c6d0f6ec487f3a54ccad81
font_02_sfnt_off00013375.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13375 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1