Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fcd446850a626e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:58:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f09eac6104b9219c78e6d872c2f33b47 SHA-1: bb6d7c12023258f270de52bb15c5a20cd4bef18c SHA-256: 3fcd446850a626e71f3dab151b4351f8d1d6709cf454a65a93418fb34f04e59c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only presentation and embedded links. The heuristics indicate it's a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is designed to deceive.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116bb7b4daae---83213853905.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://apex-architect.ru/images/file/71043186443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021061204520047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116bdfc66a24---wanovokoxigefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ca9cbb24b62c3674f6b36c1dd11475f/wejofamumamufixukaveru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5r6nrfdmkfsf3pchkktup1dvlv/zejisagelurufoberosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f69401242---93010675252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/91448563491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0040a4c8b5---zixewapubunejik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-ark.it/userfiles/files/raximekisavej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometracosentino.com/userfiles/files/26136520301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup1.com/contents//files/kesosidowoguvude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/lelufapono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cm8caae5d9a0a0a1dxk6dd.com/user_img/files/73797297897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents//files/8533609707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2e1cada79---69502921271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1ff549467b0681e4d7cfba6d5ae372f/tiwoxulomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/lazowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ar9dpr8i1dvhcov1lk6n6ilrc5/94176744080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611763974e4c4---76664801418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608777d60f932---64315940023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattonbrayboy.com/clients/8/84/8444fd18e659e4cf0f5d78ff5dcadce3/File/kotugoburisipumopile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021082006101873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fd39f17c0---35935057165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=letters+and+sounds+phase+3+printable+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000b628.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB628 14364 bytes
SHA-256: 643a5e498b52aa216c9fdcdf0548e072600da897194ed022ea30fbe2e1c4afaa
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B6 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 636bf83b4c1d4d1473cf7a739a25bbcd82fe0fa2d7b946e2dce24166f3997915
font_02_sfnt_off0000f32d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1