Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3dd615758927145…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-30 17:41:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: af456cce75e21e75eb16a191dc5959b2 SHA-1: 68eb33963a494d712f032e891bc2a2276cee262f SHA-256: c3dd615758927145734bf481f493e53d70fd3641cdef52c603fb5e2e5bf064ba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate it's designed to lead users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85e6fd992f---31951573263.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/sitagotexugaludojuwaxegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snotlicker.com/clients/10243/File/woxofomefefatozojul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyvale.com/wysiwygfiles/file/31397836056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.as/userfiles/file/vemupusulaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94efae6e3c3a2f163258bee23c537bc0/napadime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perseverance.cyou/updatefiles/file/19097963734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/33431427723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be5ec0e6f73---14308731866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae6e2e8ae16a4c3f5dd4d0b62f5527b1/66230931650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5988edba8---12795764754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94a37a7026650223f0375b423dffd087/zolevolunojukawadewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41c2060012db877f42918d7517930e7c/40994384771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae01b597680---zusaxaredorizapasit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/54178143179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimwendelldesign.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xarixodopozapuwewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://concept-art.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/99635571815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhtreo.com/images/ckeditor/files/bazowejajano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leakefamilyreunion.com/clients/63964/File/jerubivemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strategieb2b.com/userfiles/file/26415736045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ce7a4310e---jubilodutimusagivezegus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/44687198884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///26195568921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaymccarthy.com/immagini/file/nuwimotofegereropovine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+a+bissell+proheat+2x+pet+carpet+cleanerPDF 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_off0000f610.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF610 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E27 11012 bytes
SHA-256: a787ba93663894b6378e2e9e09cdac747d59c89f189fa45e04b925f0ce5970fc
font_02_sfnt_off00012795.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12795 16840 bytes
SHA-256: dd6f8f8ac482d5d5abde9cefed79c61220794ca0383c46492a7cc9dc36b8fbac