Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c5df83960b9e142…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 19:42:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c62114acc63148b562b77f2e709eecf8 SHA-1: 2dfe24e43a0a9d1d38f6c806fc3a296b6efae710 SHA-256: 3c5df83960b9e14251b86ed9da17a9a478357bdb8a58a9f24e8d9fdc15eb203d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and multiple links to compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload, exploiting the user's trust in the PDF document. The presence of numerous links to disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ha+tunnel+ios PDF link annotation
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9b4d36ed2f223b3056686c748b2ab9d/53034375585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gddfboiler.com/uploads/files/10179636261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelt.pl/userfiles/file/bipukubanatod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0p6qnfkr8e6tl5vf8gsq4cde4/setemakariwabamek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/xinomowotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/39403207594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumland.sk/upl/sadodiwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/68236078178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.com/uploads/images/files/70593911425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/burefuripokadake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143fa0c10d7f---lajozotalufegujasojizupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145d6cd4db9f---dezujowo.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dbd97331e205e1be44995ba9df4c09d/peduja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabulgaria.org/userfiles/file/nuxefoxepaxoroxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn---42-5cdakyymnnb9ake1az.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paxaxotefukapuxilokabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369d6c18f2b---52136619990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandinavia-ex.com/images/blog/file/furedotanofuborolororuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/1631163036459858261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/15909556509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/24521485902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210907150359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8258502587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneramato.com/userfiles/files/pidewuzegosavipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/7495333402.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_off0000e1c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C4 18624 bytes
SHA-256: ba9e96f36e7c26d36ceba4580dd039d8189136bedbbbc0b42444552224625f5b
font_01_sfnt_off000112a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A1 10092 bytes
SHA-256: 29eaeecb993a5038adee31d7d4e27aea5b7dd36b0b91d5c77ff4e18c562667da
font_02_sfnt_off00012939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12939 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1