Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3281ddbd63a0924…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:57:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fb4cff1521517c118a082f454e0919ee SHA-1: c643a025967e639c735204c35436c6ad49c09796 SHA-256: f3281ddbd63a0924495a26f4d88c53b01f679b7d16fa79133899983ac76f1062
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and the presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to exploit user interaction, likely leading to a second-stage download or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://thcsducthang.pgdbactuliem.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17431023420.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de54b58b9633fa36d36748e244f0fd49/68862542585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/51832751817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents//files/32588865058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/93488917290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f6cf0176d---bazimiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c92de64396---19718200764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saktigroup.in/uploads/xivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/92472456159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bong-dem-long.org/upload/editor/files/46272142687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millionsdiscount.com/mo_images/files/jedusikote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f9e1ec670---setarive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611385835892a---ribelojamojavomaruporem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/woxejosadakoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/bozikefurogakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisasunilifozaredajunepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijadusimadejulutiriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945c10b2f47---37087451825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/tuvizoxigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/naxumomumimuzaxixevulonez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f59d2003732c07c0bdb89a026797aa5c/17086514913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090febf68a78---52890875125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd0a221c744a7f6a17ce7dc8f050da7/nelazipepojubuzok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d3371e9bc---13874406045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=statistical+analysis+methods+for+quantitative+researchPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b5ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDBF 14452 bytes
SHA-256: 2cd1e2f0a3e20512c4f99711cdcdffc53f79a734fab6d41b968753b454ff7833
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C0 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 2ac0fea12d752b6253016c4647b0d384b35f55840f5d0d8805e0fa2ed417aeb1