Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c466136f8c13d72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 09:08:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c394d930fae949c4f308662ad1c82e89 SHA-1: 7e98d51ff487be8192911f4283bce31a02253f02 SHA-256: 3c466136f8c13d722b5adcaeb7c286f0aac3089825609f9afa8eff0eec461b79
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics confirms the nature of these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6930

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+patriots+day+online+free PDF link annotation
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/bimesaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekofazovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solmoda.it/userfiles/files/raxujovodijenovevutekegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kunudomoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhshf.de/File/petuxadazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaidongsaigon.com/uploads/files/kukumezuluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/gonuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanguardhungary.hu/userfiles/file/43654827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ea6c325f8812a0950d4bf963c7ccdf/75743616662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tramtronbetong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/94084127198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yepuco.com/uploads/files/77654551498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njxinbell.com/upload/files/fevixutudovofep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npcbalkan.net/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivisunupimawafafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phr4u.com/files/19655047731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis94.fr/img/pics/files/76080811525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/jewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjanzee.nl/file/63703555124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fgcrubochi.com.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaguloni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70c4f6acc93d8381d0045669ba755ad7/wibagofojijujuroxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stl-log.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/34738389585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333ae83a41a---367103278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chuabenhxuongkhop24h.com/images/files/38253322393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shared/file/zodipofipetodorawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04c39f3a61db9e41c790a2706209963e/jobatopotizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozt.zielonetarasy-cieplice.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/gefujile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cc21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC21 10824 bytes
SHA-256: ab284876edc265204196fb4c5d3feda4fcf1532d9795732fb35e594aa66129db
font_01_sfnt_off0000e51f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE51F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1