Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c56017513123b24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 18:06:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e12a58c2d18b2ae2a1c252bf84773d70 SHA-1: 5b3f3d0707173920ef7196d97440cd6cb33c150d SHA-256: 3c56017513123b2457e9fcd094b801af749795c8861ef0bf95ed1ce7351ce6b0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a screenshot image designed to trick users into interacting with embedded links, which point to various compromised or disposable hosting sites. The document structure and numerous external links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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 69 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.
  • 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 http://shanghaiqingchen.com/upload/files/63101215305.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pvvc.cz/files/pekapuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballmillfactory.com/d/files/rezibagidobemexidaneriwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-muehlacker.de/data/tcmuehlacker/userfiles/file/kizodumorunidat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/88354831360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clinicaepilepsia.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijimowajovelupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ap-arte.ro/fckupload/file/ziguzajewibiwavaxutigabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harteron.ee/userfiles/file/jivukedizereruzulopujewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanghsin.com/uploads/files/202109030053027567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpoggi.eu/userfiles/files/83275063830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yamamatoen-wanwan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijawojivojazupoxopinabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e2811e8074---jutemululon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttfi.org/app/webroot/userfiles/file/kivenijobokosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/25410617574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pindimana.in/uploads/file/41039705332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/11812236335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ee4114a52---vokotuzewakanezuvumosum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservice.com/uploads/files/patikewemavuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/nadalope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayrh.internet-match.com/upload/files/gawadijozuledinimam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flamefitnessstudio.com/cewit/images/file/14385439170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370011854d0---zibesijerunowutade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasicimosnov.cz/foto/Image/file/41377067424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alliance-bio.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/84720100597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+rules+of+playing+basketballPDF 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_off0000b358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB358 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 038cbb5192d6e56653f755d2eb832b28c67819b1d7b9cec129da7fd571b80fe2
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCF0 14092 bytes
SHA-256: 9008ee656146e3b3b4c4dc7203de866948a3cde9f57d1948a94c12aaff73e836
font_02_sfnt_off0000efa7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1