Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c5715f3a5fa2190…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:56:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0bd97171826c5de23ad427a1b98e5b48 SHA-1: 6b3f72a71c5c8fdd7a81adbcb40efe653fd731ca SHA-256: 3c5715f3a5fa219040fafe1153c5a3a2babed8931930e6eb20f496ac19a2c9ae
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a credential phishing attempt impersonating PayPal. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, designed to lure users into clicking a malicious URL. The primary malicious URL identified is https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+kinesiology, which is likely used to host the phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+kinesiology.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+kinesiology PDF link annotation
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6f48469a50---60816374724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/tizuzodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhosting4.net/media/file/12974175143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/83591122584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8609b7cbc064f514103deaf4ce5e601c/xoziwuxenurolapuwikiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/79827645436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panama4d.com/contents//files/pofewokapuvumulemugoziga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckletrack.com/update/editor/file/razobemirubakikafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752dde71239---zepusabokogawapazuwuvuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/42287167039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival-bg.com/media/ckuploads/files/42102095194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/fafafaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723c70f34d5---vopomirudevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72beaf117a---viwowudisudatop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7819aa4a9---60220831380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607312bd9390a---narajoxifafovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inunekocp.jp/mailmagazine/upload/files/60976784638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608687fc11ebb---18723849192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxcec.org/userfiles/file/2709286612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210619131448415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/36996969963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmilenio.net/datamont/userfiles/file/82188504284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/31472974575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/59119100716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/16341980915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090174348425---wabalirivufavixoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/97478465784.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_off0000f10d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF10D 18096 bytes
SHA-256: 4924a0224cf8dd73cd53034cb6633df02b1bb8e353b268bf020f9fc6b6c22ded
font_01_sfnt_off00012025.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12025 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 0ca895d84a8acf1d920965201a74875dd2d3fa7d64e927d123b4c4c7c83c0445
font_02_sfnt_off000137a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1