Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bc752989a4a468f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:49:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e1c050395c14a942d0bfaa2993cce961 SHA-1: 06bab5c36d05638f407c7d25e6a709b9cda36f3e SHA-256: 3bc752989a4a468f9312e12a34434f19cf418040fcbba74c04912f4a3aa6fe04
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mortal+kombat+mobile+free+souls+generator PDF link annotation
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/2500749341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sigorunojafadinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biplano.eu/userfiles/files/pakusafatekanefebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orcasproje.com/userfiles/file/bixawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/pulujirukupugarotawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greathorserider.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vinefawemafuxefogeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614120a3134c8---75239405742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36022324337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pushtypathshala.com/demo/aims/files/images/files/wegiregawikipip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fc871be651---42384581823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/81021495593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.com/upload/62916560589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewemabowimonutew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d8bbc688fa90f44de1ccf06cb3c05eb/tisutakivuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614605275c9ca---malutibij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wumojivube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktasmatbaacilik.com/resimlerfiles/37411399532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52940706726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekstilkentrehber.com/upload/ckfinder/files/poduzudekepopewofoloraxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chandrakantmusicacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98863923630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ortodonciaelisafarache.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13229760282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/2651802054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elliptical-trainers.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/talusepuzifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a7f4ec22d---sitijedogivewupemuxijufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eb37ddec68fb6f2632eb4690f701b37/33384388198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuyioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/36417114664.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_off0000c8d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0EB 10884 bytes
SHA-256: ef15cbb360cb05b13090f81640f1168ea9da5e7bce358df16a3e50c0b0a650d9
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA1B 18712 bytes
SHA-256: a91ecd4b4912f3643bb14c5f8afd8057bf032faf46c91232527a0fd37b0d4f8c