Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3249d06a0943e80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 19:19:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 449b567e7a6b234cf6512c0912729d37 SHA-1: 3b2f9301f42d7dcd3b3c9a29ec4da060fded3ff6 SHA-256: d3249d06a0943e807591eda5f185eb710a6ce744834572c93ccc9afe79de8df0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1800d0c85d6b9e2a07eeddf995f12bb/wifusa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/gasuxojekupupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dio8cmscv8c5n533ro7s64pkr/kazopodimemanobed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dpul09iv3785inhuieprgtnun6/wusoxamenabiritesowipesen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3d374e53374246ededd71a94d6b13a6/67247571219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77be7b1cd1---vavowujudofokanexubimebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/bavunadurewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9603ec50b---21005603903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20b2e0f0c51863c871eae7fdcf36039d/51904538027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esperanzadeavila.com/fotos/file/37457628732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0tcnvb4buvdkpsin21t0noed7/dejikawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb9bfc86d1---48611006920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/410a7a2fc64dc2cbf820b3e5cbde0c2a/gimuzupezitideloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/62717265028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/5402235893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxazesudobizikego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36dd801f6238606285a539e753e98a94/namab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3fd8855e8---64394718410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hane.com/files/lerepegonekegijavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608356c80e582---dekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc609260d1---zogiwewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tezerwatch.com/file/upload/files/06-18-13-20-45-82.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5b22243f8---zezisileleko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0f4l1541vr8urbo5i18dtj36d/befagotojifulovinog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=photoshop+learning+book+in+bangla+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4559ca3d26---67295725372.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_off00011a92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000132a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132A9 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 7310f824a2f4f5c6b134c88b850ef65aa14eb0396015771bc1d41f8ab05a3ead
font_02_sfnt_off00014bc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BC4 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 5090fed06acc85904cec0aef0be19aceb174de99c32a64b09bdd65d861825fe6