Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c323e758b305ad9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-26 16:58:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b4ec44a39e2172fe6aaa9d9668903d97 SHA-1: 62d30fdf14bb40c418643e184a88542b691384ff SHA-256: 3c323e758b305ad96551ac3cdafbf9fd39f341e8dc8b94121237b6d84c760a7b
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only design and embedded links to external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a delivery mechanism for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 68 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.
  • 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://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/61689549862.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wintechindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekotijuvizawigezogik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57c107883490066bbd471603360aa457/71299607866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newworldss.com/uploads/file/gawuwanafivukinaxanekepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamugevenodabadekixeves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/gosiwaboziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/putake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a80c5a490d---gukoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/26119364416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-exclusive.cz/userfiles/file/85111100158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.pl/upload/31488779836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahyi.ru/images/file/gisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizirup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeon-dev.com/uploads/files/202109180113032120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/motololofavejetuvobolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/xufatibuzufujage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willbramephotography.com/desimakodetilorururoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142a9c43d184---52154118833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funagamex.vn/PhuongNamGroup/userfiles/files/zokukidopuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66404781371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/85931040384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/figelibozilejefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=why+we+sleep+download+pdfPDF 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_off0000affa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFFA 14172 bytes
SHA-256: 8b3661940af5f211d233d8f147d4da76e255332ec22e375d0c2c7e35e127dc7e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD387 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB9E 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 1428e7a9829d121c57181375bb84398974a0e9719873dbf7076b41d38599660a