Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3ae4700b17687c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 21:12:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d2c0dc0f0154d7f4fae90fe8601f3304 SHA-1: 0d6566cb7d6cd053de5e80a8ffbcc41c16cf3fdb SHA-256: d3ae4700b17687c9462f46820ca3b748ef57f1faba14a2d1beb4a566d4ff44ac
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further support its malicious nature. The ClamAV detection confirms it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=mark+chesnutt+old+country PDF link annotation
    • http://st03.it/userfiles/files/zomuzabis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eskhfo30rfn06nc227j3mmlsa0/sejesijikarijodomat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9dbd068d98fa9843fe48d01b73dc5f0/44935509254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/asec54t8g9gvm98to0auudbugd/47996501537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilcaminodaugo.it/file/8576151688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acquadiqualita.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3671498685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igh5rb0du55pgg1pqi5ibgodt6/42070300526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jerupurut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/35760920943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815d09aae47---78710582333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58300180462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m4u5tqlj5s44nt0a2p3ra5b30v/fusipodoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/toxetisekafipeteperuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b14ead4e23d---pufezovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19411b1ecc---93641351744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/doxivunobiwifobeziwavegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rubobujafud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba46570ec1---31596477566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/23942044575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeadbf30ea6---22817588050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26a6bb37d2---48848127121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/basasigaxebena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e825ed2950337d3e60d603f65c674e05/93122159252.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_off0000d1cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1CF 18760 bytes
SHA-256: 7f97360c6ce64754cb510e8845960d93272ff22dd5fcf92f029e45de2e56fecf
font_01_sfnt_off000102ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ac4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC4 10672 bytes
SHA-256: d7c0e59e4ec0fc3613bf0a3bc51579923b0f08fed2471c8a92a309585d2a29a4