Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c5cae61508f4828…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1fce9612f4a4d1d9c9a93a1fa3dbb837 SHA-1: 1f0c53530010b6a748cc3eea4971b2a7aefea73c SHA-256: 3c5cae61508f4828ec7672edd5358edd6b454b9883132af7f9c7aad1fb7235be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, the document exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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
  • 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.
  • 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://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884d61a9208---69858042532.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d9c8e12be---vosilolugunezidominakorer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uforoi.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/sorazebejovirewefalokabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labcoop-jsc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eekem502beke66j2frcri9h4kn/rewoxubowagavipibotade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa.hu/editor_up/348035326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouwbedrijfbouwheer.nl/userfiles/file/36928909099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5426fad45479d5e651f279d7eaa7b8b9/99764445275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/nijudoxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83c924acd5---rovutosulosilojafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607934533833f---20308629193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860b77194ad---4480097431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/dawovixolavifufuwupovige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/tejixodafulixexazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/sugokikemajajoforamale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe9f7bd9b3---leremaxiwozutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/15658704700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/72642962132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6b01bcb7f2---84786391862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/xabisulifalajujepovunurok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promocode.lu/userfiles/files/rasixesasufididum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/51745744450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/zakow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aibbuf1mu34c6cjb1721af21t6/42913277232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+rlcraft+twitchPDF 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_off0000e674.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE674 17652 bytes
SHA-256: fc8a1f2a78e679f54d02127f2c4d44cf7eadb76b55bae72e1ae5d891d41de968
font_01_sfnt_off00011424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11424 10348 bytes
SHA-256: bf413eea6fe66887444db9876dc976a8322100b2a3b2ab6fe82e587a8c276bdb
font_02_sfnt_off00012b69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1