Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fdda9dbb182def1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 13:08:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 1a7832e7265262cbfe3a3145c896c82e SHA-1: 882ecde3c73b3f5768632b77a88b12dc051b52a0 SHA-256: 3fdda9dbb182def17118cdd01dad620e466aaa11c3a61ebc8a68e3ee117bf3c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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 http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b2434645b---filipufe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47679e89773dc0a206e55ce8d662bb01/18380694580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5d065674f---97920584511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/fetebesizasetufulubabole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6r36p1mnn22etnk2ikk6hsl11e/21376733472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/32583302031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpunsic1ui3to7ucr0tbh1ic35/nagubogufalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f49984aaa5025dc976ec307443e4780/91188651205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wkd-uk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ca1aa58ed56e681c4bf86b977aeba68/98333359385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ft9hurprpom3f5n192dapku210/53104824759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/vonowudorivewadinupudej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f25acd84e6bac1836495a63dfe46fe7/26481735580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d9f6f836bf3204f340bf635bc60c281/44682320472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/92701570877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da5d34b3cb3322ef63ff2175b90e2ab5/75258971502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9fdb271d72---pamidal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/210b7a67fd9bddfe83a5134deb926b9a/xepaluvatolifijuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075df3f7cffe---25179074510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608adf631d89a---dupipifesexowetibovibun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3e860ac48---44663230159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4606e6f33e---dagamoxaposewudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n81li4uc8gsmodjd9at84o91qm/wedasokala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/96456620574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cezanart.com/userfiles/file/18345629529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=right+it+upPDF 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_off000114d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D1 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 984d6257fba1f6b169f4bfb04df9320eaba6e594160236c5f12d9fbb77c98db0
font_01_sfnt_off0001435a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1435A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015b70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B70 9844 bytes
SHA-256: 4bf5714492c769b4d081eb33c66a7e2713eeb6fc97205a4d55b7bbd7322c8699