Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3bd7996409b2fbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-08-26 13:14:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2c93db8c9a68387ba4379474a599581d SHA-1: 021dc9cfbf299aa41ea870a07fa4d7a4c87d2bde SHA-256: d3bd7996409b2fbe0d481498001c3eb79c29c92419d2782fe1495fd2241df45e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. These links likely lead to phishing sites or further malware downloads, aligning with the T1566.001 (Spearphishing Attachment) technique. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs are strong indicators of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mad+girl%27s+love+song+poem+analysis PDF link annotation
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608792a7b9042---wiluloxupiwakarumudosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/scsingq2bpld4cprqfi8fu75pf/61192596000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b90623496dcfbe3f06bda5066360bd5/puvenetuloxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/4266140701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b02408ecd---72224995243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3a7cde540---xeraro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayamimpi1.com/contents//files/saguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.com/resimler/files/gukeruzenowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9dc10d1476dfa2d21de79a6345f8fc6/devubepubuxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c4a6de2c1f79eadde8f13061a04b94c/78213853912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77688331255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/19059868498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clap-bas.com/userfiles/file/pukarudip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/2494195707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/gimajekonezosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cbb477f26148b96fa683c22f3078b72/50312451131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/8232475250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/nagafasamow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dcdf0a79b0---32020476542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/xovovogelirumabexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloemenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/66300851838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/mewiguwewefukid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/fuwekejifilegatirepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9661cd233088b35fa9df5610b7fcf276/zumuruzopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d8b813a8ec8c4d76ef20d505ba3402b/10506628907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/25251692707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace1123ffec---35983955760.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_off0000dfcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7E4 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 09172e04a95f3119f0eba87c8250bc56d6f55dd8ca547f2f4c4a5ee88f1c08d5
font_02_sfnt_off000110b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B2 16904 bytes
SHA-256: 27a8de64df6b31cc75ed132de3faa4ae977ddcfd82312d4b2d74b9dac5d48773