Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c6fc7e8260d6ffd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-10-02 21:55:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 720ad58744a4668e7c617a82a18826af SHA-1: f11441b20372899a0084b8e42b8419c62736a9c1 SHA-256: 3c6fc7e8260d6ffdc535389404deb236d7ece331e898dd5aebf8c2a73765ef3b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure and heuristics indicate it's designed to trick users into clicking these links, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • 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 68 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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=childrens+harry+potter+quiz+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2067613e8e3dc68a2211d213ddb4bae1/dusixebopuxuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiw.bibliotekalesmierz.eu/img/upload/files/55230582684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/4325654046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1630713693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8888ea2bec41f8a7e4c2e843c05d27ce/91000728707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ardiinerkh.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/tudalozimuramobexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/91339817221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.de/userfiles/file/rurobukivanivizemopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uleshuzatshop.hu/files/file/xaridafiberu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/6906182930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicearthfiji.com/documents/file/wewelufulibaxumovurokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/30781712211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210930161622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hp-cnc.de/uploads/files/73519192733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurosolar.cz/res/file/57440386065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itexpertdog.nwoasis.com/upload/files/tokuwiwalezejupomufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1fa3bfe804e54dd1ac77aaacf361bd4/38608749153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/38593319559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://96stone.ru/userfiles/file/wikinaporafaxekajakalipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30453393442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/5974285458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/54891252188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioioto.store/upload/files/21468916552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.net/filespath/files/20210923091407.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_off0000b103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB103 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 208a0ae77c91b3046686e37bef93c19ce939c8b1f7fac2b8c2a38948edcea50a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e290.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE290 14084 bytes
SHA-256: db670da099f8bb361018c421262299a94799202e3db0be948a06ca4faa3931c0