Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c437b4d75ff64d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-10-13 00:53:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 9c9b0ab7823f545ea544c373963e836e SHA-1: e27001088f6f784dbafff1a0f0bab068eb1b1ae3 SHA-256: 3c437b4d75ff64d5184ac0422d589f91929e86b972135efe37efd5609107f33d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=setting+in+story+writing PDF link annotation
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f109cb3295ae817f8495ae635185d887/jiwedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/zajokimorotis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trade.inter-ural.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82371808058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/images/blog/file/fotuzovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/94882276531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm300159.agchost.com/userfiles/files/58153114051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://law885995.com/upload/fckimages/file/41017772371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614deb2549729---rivoxativulifegotikugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sistemkabin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bepofudimubukomuremajus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevunakajopudefofuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6291dad814fab07817c06a01801c9f7d/piwanuvibibiwixadomuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lianbang123.com/uploads/files/202109010108501838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/tempimg/file/93237780548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martas.vodrsport.cz/uploads/files/gufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/lefaluguretaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitstroycraft.ru/source/file/bilateruderaxoxizufak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamgph.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/130551516831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/wigepomenudugupudofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614996e2ca965---xepokipidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/92458630558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zussobrance.sk/grafika/dokumenty/nekewebuvonavexobusofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142e304c9237---11434852515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yingtailong.com/upload/file/210914061347206987z8yoiixg6is3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84eefa27d748ab31ac7de8d9e27cd9d1/tedikak.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_off0000df5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF5F 19288 bytes
SHA-256: cf099bb13b299c4c94dea2c65742540d2d207b2189f6060b2485e1ef8f89354e
font_01_sfnt_off000111ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111EA 10348 bytes
SHA-256: c59da5dbc86c85a2c5c9307730cc5c15cc5d7f542a51f5cba2ca37c69bfc6398
font_02_sfnt_off0001297d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1297D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1