Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fc8558988a5025b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 11:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7d5b1198b05f30c09f850f063f0cb859 SHA-1: 5c34891c6aae2e11171c1d74ce1c557f94212d51 SHA-256: 3fc8558988a5025b45250c85f79f7269cfe904530561b233899a5d5804c1bb97
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to host and distribute malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of external URIs and link farms, particularly those hosted on compromised CMS uploads, points towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

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 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 https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f9f46a2fc99a1d27eb8708c2cbaa1b/bifukekizatepebiluj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081471a1f499---fepuwenegelidujepizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/xavileseliveresiluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af82b9f1c2e2d53f731134587382d37e/95446582194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f87b744cf---82538612338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/56619155977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094968e4296d---78144940503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/zepomatudoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/lavepajoveluxetigejalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eq74ns8ajfcc6dfshlukb416i/75528313781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/xizubolojaxekulomejot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwc.lt/i/nogivovojisutodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa3d0d18b6---momatufanudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079efb26c35e---bugora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/tusesikobezuruniresutujez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca0c974687c---23369313747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87j9naldsgd3aqj98hencqgqek/66058868480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03cea56750---27114837597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/lisifugarizowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/sukegenedikubiluwosobibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ec7e7c1df---vogew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66953336494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/bovarevijuxezafosikavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=cause+and+effect+worksheets+for+grade+3PDF 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_off0000efe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE4 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 01411c9202121f13c8a2cdbb7a837b3d3f2fd1eafe698fde3301445b437801e9
font_01_sfnt_off000109ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109AE 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 95a988da60efc6c534c3b0e80113f2b8d86ebdcf28ca33465fcfba4a4d8ffbe5
font_02_sfnt_off000136c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1