Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3c36b2f38eda4d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-08-03 13:55:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 027e596c7c3af093a6278821fca31cf5 SHA-1: 2853427f6af4cc6cf669b460223c5d222aaeb468 SHA-256: e3c36b2f38eda4d249cce893f22df900a2fa9dc846c5191a86db580c6f8bc791
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bigger+leaner+stronger+workout+plan+reddit PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/77974166395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0950d5e6fa76229ff8bc7f7118278f32/56407129924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092362c08d3e---vigibejaxakon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772831663b5---67697072455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentbucharest.net/images/userfiles/fekowanogilujesojoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nedimgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/98506863081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9044d03da984abf06c293bb2663d1cbf/saravekoxaxoluloge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/21305608294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/nofuriwusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/19688018612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismoporsantander.com/aym_image/files/96450394282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/32347396114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/51104402605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3cd139740---vejagazumorugopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawks79.com/clients/85064/File/vuxobadajikotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6be62769c4---61280915051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakehighlandsrw.org/clients/863582/File/74160372723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/81062065557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/jorubusuraximixadubeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749147d8c23---tidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horizontire.com/userfiles/file/24002203718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyonsmcafeereunion.com/clients/a/ab/ab8eb7fa8d7cf94b91f67e7e346c80ed/File/1683859832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satybharat.com/ci/userfiles/files/sigekalemazesamagavuzilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alcera.ca/userfiles/file/kadulemakegikaviwofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.koeru.eu/failid/file/90669693367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75j31ha6a6lg1mm13rqntblvd7/jixav.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_off0001112b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1112B 17516 bytes
SHA-256: cba445ed0d002f15b809e3838cf3bb8acf0c269cae54bb20f5c0d326db5b9a11
font_01_sfnt_off00013f25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001573c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1573C 10900 bytes
SHA-256: e0085bb1157745956a36f077d667c78bdba71169e26dd35cf3fef5a89c1d90ac