Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d359f3b9dd25c1c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:01:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 12159a6261659e43746c501c8a9b12cf SHA-1: 3e9f76e34b478c3051383e4124ae3dcd0a90cf92 SHA-256: d359f3b9dd25c1c51bdd4e2a478b17f478a0544862409f253b5e846aee729b87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, hosting numerous URLs that point to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The presence of external URIs and a link farm structure strongly suggests a spearphishing attachment vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=maths+worksheets+year+6+australia+free PDF link annotation
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a341cd7f3c1---mumurasapafogevidivamesum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/60837658197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a332d8cab2c---banazefunivujaboxefulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/xalajijoxeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funbugs.ie/files/file/18523611859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23672204676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf14e1fcf83257c58f2512e388bca559/44338450965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/69282199694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f3a7f158ed---56590385040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma1.ru/!upload/files/falekatemuvuputijajafedir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7d7dd91f0---1955556465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b2226a0875856740fce8f3332dc9c7/57688504409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/79913002290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/joweluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/folizozifino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202107211223427556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/86427026457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06c639a10e---85658697592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mi-stores.com/basketballtotaal/images/editor/file/derarovamemokibele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611cd7d1cb036---rodivumubizujazipifiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/vudekigulozavifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/misesidivazumobavoxezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/tafegurusiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1ad2baf5e3c5fa0c8cce5ef76f712bf/mipefakofidelizulej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/891511bb6d17f98fda4159e0a8bff514/1564128366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/vutulime.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_off0000f399.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF399 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BAB 18392 bytes
SHA-256: d4e3dbb8bb20b2c3691fc58b9187b5641a10824580cbab2506a112f35857277f
font_02_sfnt_off00013a42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A42 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 5677fecce001cccb64013c4eee6ec640c94abb095661b238577dc327a70cd4ef