Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fe7dcb2585ab644…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-14 20:35:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 8a50675e3916996f1e97429718b2bd5f SHA-1: 6ce2d7133c3594de247b4b48d5412fde1ac83e95 SHA-256: 3fe7dcb2585ab644684ff2052bb0f634a4d69e6a133ea1bdf59c0fe6c2724528
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports the phishing or malware delivery intent. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL findings indicate a malicious document likely intended to trick users into downloading a payload or visiting a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=borderlands+2+cross+save+ps4+to+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/80067344939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e86d10a66---toxununenubaluzagid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/zexepafuvoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c313825f53---90000441431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/wigufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/44340915524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb7d63s4ca6t2fh0fki69t5273/81324887433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607604927237d---79554481031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f47f03a27---58717049328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d61a8a4c9---19766190306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad9540731b4885100ec40c0416f0afd4/13957677118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flatadministration.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/vinotomosun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d0f537d53---moxomesanunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2110971433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbk87fiue2ruh9vp6jorah9bcv/71236352930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000115a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115A9 5396 bytes
SHA-256: 2a10501b12617de8f401e0e9f8d352a1f63badca9d0c5de6eba856321581c204
font_01_sfnt_off00012824.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12824 12424 bytes
SHA-256: f0977a1e5f9b3539f1f1db086fb433bdb960a5bdd55ad551d913aa98a1d56f94