Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c4c3b120de12a6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

163.3 KB Created: 2021-07-06 02:48:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e832ae40dc7ff2e6cb0e6af44b129bc2 SHA-1: 9e9269ea83281c431a53723e0bb8c687ca67003b SHA-256: 3c4c3b120de12a6a2b378dba541bec5ae44226cba430dfd1c769752d783f5d8e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9707

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acbc12d4d0b992d9b81ae21c53672af1/78130873307.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/58002111771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086701ba2b43---kugoxavexazedunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1d997da4a7---51110500993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/95729763563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eb2dcd2784d6cff6bb582e0020bc6a9/45255565901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/detijudegepivipavusem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/xobipozejobuligatarotat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f4128ee44549bf418163850995f6066/67270735851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/13628388291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00de2fb008570d187cf852bdc871b875/xoxitojujelupokosumijak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072563743f99---tejazepajimiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/13141379581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/69212350321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/vazejolilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b95f19977c082e085ca43db4fe3cfdc/lidakejebadutetivunexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b5d206e30---78978183559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/vovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://circolodelpistone.ch/userfiles/file/nufawimegomuseserini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799afcdeb39---31034135928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c87e66789a---wipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/felarepokubiwitogefudabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5536265b6b---pitejukoxavut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/75642118576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents//files/46520563161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=81+number+meaning+biblePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001f3c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F3C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00020bd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20BD9 19700 bytes
SHA-256: 49f68cbb53a63ba6d1402566d581a2d10d83882c08d5c4272bbf57f67bfe142c
font_02_sfnt_off00022de6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22DE6 10468 bytes
SHA-256: c8dafd1df3951aba2370aa00a1ac6d8c4ee7a3f5d0cd1fa4e119009e4a8baa16
font_03_sfnt_off00024592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24592 22748 bytes
SHA-256: 16f302ba29425ea2246a459b0cac4cae83e869e275d7dafbe33311e743ab17e8