Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c3230e0be702896…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:12:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: be6d3ace564445bd3c1e37a5c9f65677 SHA-1: d5ca81da19777dac3a0a547a0cef65586c8eaea2 SHA-256: 3c3230e0be7028960d92b536daa9a3bd6b1f2ccb65e5a7158dc6fa54e0ca3d73
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage trusted-looking infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://matagujrischool.com/admin/imagetemp1/file/86359217717.pdf
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/83995276408.pdf
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/xetoraferezavejanomi.pdf
    • http://artemon.nl/userfiles/file/xofibewenazodutil.pdf
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a49b21d9ef---39241622236.pdf
    • https://mamalight.net/business_school/uploads/file/5280415018.pdf
    • http://trivio.it/userfiles/files/78524120552.pdf
    • https://safewatersolutions.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79144652662.pdf
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ebpn2dfj3rku7kapd8i4a24c3/14963858940.pdf
    • http://americasbestwingspa.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/51734659052.pdf
    • http://kevinmcallisterlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/50771259104.pdf
    • https://loonbedrijfschimmel.nl/userfiles/files/beros.pdf
    • http://enjoyisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubonurobiva.pdf
    • http://prospekt-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/melenitonavugezaxevibeta.pdf
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210902214926.pdf
    • https://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/birulunu.pdf
    • https://sonerofset.com/userfiles/file/sasugufufebaxupu.pdf
    • https://intervalhousehamilton.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/godakifujabedugevetu.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161347aa96a815---23539578489.pdf
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/73093301222.pdf
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/71531688548.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=finding+square+root
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vidawujij.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cfaf.bin
86c48073677e8523f2348b8bdbe48762809987147e45026be18c440a77ffe2b0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFAF 10600 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e779.bin
295c80c60878d34ac3ff41fd74c7ba1a4290d4d8f7b9a0ce6959d4b4d71cb1d9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE779 17336 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000113f6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F6 16792 bytes