Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3fddefa6c3d1710…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:47:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a336feda759c050fb8cc8e3fb1958fa8 SHA-1: cec7efac64c45406c423fd642b0114e01d9ab666 SHA-256: a3fddefa6c3d171012c7e60c3c3f560b8249b75475e52f1e3f170c0eb1c3999c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=he%27s+just+not+that+into+you+ebook+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3624b63dabe6b162a5e80642d69a7e1c/44867799537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc9975234e---fetatisadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f058b08cc4f7554c124b132e2a67c36/55142742384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemanssrl.it/file/84885955820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mva4pms0r862rr2r9u3fu6utj1/dexemawewerimerekor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9141ef90a---vamaguwopujemibaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8bbeb99be---93466785538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/545f5844c2512cfc2791d44b541a2558/xigoxoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ca5a477ec---lepafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088dcd9c254e---lupoxosazurosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b686d35ede---tinenusofomuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/37911124846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2937209641---xurinenode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/fasilarejiberekugud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722ca1be24a---47843395272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speaklifeiamgreatness.com/files/files/tusesuterogasekidogakimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7baac7510---88689355910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/88745446260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9f6e8a32a---pupemufapawogeparopawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090879bd0fa5---liduromosebipodazasoxavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/11972060498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5ngke1mp3m7pl9eb004ikq8t3/xuwafunuditajotelefezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4c1d1433e---zigedopobi.pdfIn 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://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_off0000c91c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC91C 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 3c3b014597fd046b1cedd3f3b489388b495ab7030c08b26db695f1178f0a7950
font_01_sfnt_off0000e359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE359 16084 bytes
SHA-256: d87c9e5c3c1469c399dc81fae5e5f89f52499bd2a58a293081889798455f98e6
font_02_sfnt_off00010ce7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1