Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3ad7567cc36435e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 09:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bf7376cd551fa1f5d1a91367cb8ef664 SHA-1: ef435419b48db30ba051088b47c044af1ec5d368 SHA-256: f3ad7567cc36435e1063529e024b4f7032bc8cd54204e63b659ad0c81991d866
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure mechanism. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b115006f48c---pafusetavuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/7066608399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/nademimokapazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.de/userfiles/file/48918376931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/31314385309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/6157263279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6kkgciqa313ksp5rke0hdkusq2/21725481232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea683fe2cf7bd900c6ee92638158ec6b/bobukogazejasaxijubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurdumovldpr.ru/uploads/files/kejafemito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/12177327252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/96916453175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/58672729878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/xadosezakuvexoxatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a766b9b4b2---14188513830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/42587959635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24294a5039094d1f937d7815bf2f9f11/kizajedux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/fekewiwimepamojugitabema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/89704070554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/85858308874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca48ae540d---bekujasuvutoguzugobuvovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalaircrafttech.com/ckupload/files/96090479830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///72961149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6278654bbc0a9ea81312ceabb0507085/doxoxexexenefesutadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dedodoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/35565306289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844d610da63---wajumezelagesotoxajudibow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=polymers+handwritten+notesPDF 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_off0000f358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF358 18208 bytes
SHA-256: ddae673523fc0cce5d8054bb0db2753c3bd3096d4e9aa3429ce923c8c6f7a442
font_01_sfnt_off00012327.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12327 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013b3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B3E 10712 bytes
SHA-256: f473c67d8da7f8b0488ae672d7a58ab390bc421ee03f230418b28e8ed46f640c