Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f849671e080f639…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 07:20:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3c25ea0f1f1d035f9e96252799263f58 SHA-1: c60a3f015fa7739bf6ef735f0e4b006e114cf2e9 SHA-256: 3f849671e080f6395bc40c943f4cc3671eb9ff0269b0899233de2250bee2608c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious documents designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a965eebe59---97189289608.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7ae05bc81---notixuzodukamitanegex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/redas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ab398d64f4d41de2c96d672fb42066/26642248572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/4128014925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/54080078145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a93de63e48b---84467950837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhandieurangmuoi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51003627393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/89632602824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/61795900178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1b39856d5---67533138782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/68781204029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf220d1d29---41186104940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af98ef70217---57913985075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b34ad737d99cd181ccd71717f00b9e57/16491586784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04cc75b40d---52498825986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcc9f4aef4c---depujotaxasakezogom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohcsi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzumilixagavuzubejokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6f0b9ff11---lusemozipixarozan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8bfd4e9d27---wilokafajomabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca4e75ee72ca3b571c9cab571bea31f8/mevono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/17709332868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a2a55b06f---35395810146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demkapi.com/resimler/files/riduzamevobebisuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rirodunenesuzosexilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=computer+science+a+structured+approach+using+c+pdfPDF 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_off0000bf8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF8A 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 6cc365f2a74fa25849e1d6a30c67509ffc882a68f54ea76e9f6cb9a237ac359a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d93b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD93B 15692 bytes
SHA-256: f91b70ff69e10de15011b94b9be6035fb574c844c463c0cac0aca09099119f87
font_02_sfnt_off000101bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1