Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c1d10692cffd02c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:17:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c038d65a27cc851162756dccf0937f60 SHA-1: ce04cb247baff521eea3d1f16b87eb39c9b1779d SHA-256: 3c1d10692cffd02c3d8d51087b52317ca36164f7723df97941fe8eaded7f70c3
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The PDF structure, with minimal text and a large image, is typical for an image-based lure designed to trick users into clicking.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 71 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 https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ckv9elaphos0t07qs272ujc21f/86260568026.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/mokugepogope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/678b3be3df7a647d6e94290f40efb94a/paxekobagetudaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6fc649a3c---99568135396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//sufogefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/08/files/210805205941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skiclubraonbaccarat.fr/pdf/teluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa53d4980e5---56544168876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28f30871b0c787465e91672aafcf8d8b/1304948653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/duwimiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ctbguteehkho5h.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41306172623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c482df3719b---pasowevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611af61f1da18---tawejutujedagapuxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/17029254837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohdiabo.net/images/ckeditor/files/72982673959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2klr7tgud5fm31rgh8jlq687jh/nagifegofobitaziwefewuvul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/247089fdde300b0d66d69eebf3daa75c/75301012931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/550950aa7fe732708868c5297dfa23b1/70646982125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bbb8e8b842---dupepowikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://langestrand.se/anvandarbilder/204/files/kawovogewajeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourhkg.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/xekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/sajodegaregetazolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/70028398943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f949756a8ab---jawuzijobuloruxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rana-international.com/userfiles/files/28163427285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=hit+the+road+jack+no+morePDF 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_off0000ba99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2B0 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 4e2e3b13b2a0a92601a47fe447df09887cbf12399105fe6ac0f1cca1d3fbd7e0
font_02_sfnt_off0000eabf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEABF 14304 bytes
SHA-256: d8847b419515b4f84325b06fa15df27afcf9c24b0b4e7fa5a726b6caeb4bc70c