Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c7761eec7c680cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:02:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 57c5f27c0fbc5e695736b1d712206f34 SHA-1: 7ace0e1ae306e9b069e7d7f3cfcc0a19b9c12c6e SHA-256: 3c7761eec7c680cb77f66087e9c2922788d60c66a6a675af2d1c2ec7f2895834
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking malicious links, likely for phishing or to download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically related to phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://wheelmartthailand.com/image/upload/File/63782504884.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21487226999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cassotech.nl/site/data/ws/files/seguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ortkcovdok18l1rcenspiihp9a/januwefetanekevuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamalight.net/business_school/uploads/file/fugiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a5dae22eb---26760330571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42341028806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauroconsulting.pl/userfiles/file/26548554276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzcil.com/uploadfile/files/gelugezutidijomidabesav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroshima-teishaku.com/userfiles/file/73425684631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebodyclubonline.com/userfiles/file/85615153077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19894440734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ct3glqjnbd099scnu8qr1b13gp/vubesasab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cy2hand.com/userfiles/70007541226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalonlineexam.tisaracademy.com/userfiles/files/85865067074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamyarsanatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ledisobigugok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/11703846194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/fizifasobopowopepaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f4cbc5ce1e---lemipelozivib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/mitugabolizububijen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a76ce36sn0373o4ikn6ojugmj/12246256296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ametansk.ru/uploads2/29415237243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/4813976940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9629fd7340062464a1c60c5e04900d1/wuxasatuzirujavinop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=peter+atkins+physical+chemistry+11th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off0000e82e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82E 18484 bytes
SHA-256: c7ca37464cc55971acf1b81336db512cee671566e3c3ba428b62fe500539bbb2
font_01_sfnt_off00011859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11859 11144 bytes
SHA-256: ea78d8463588878f6a5ce4ec13d4d2ff97dfdd7a89df9dabc58a741931a70022
font_02_sfnt_off00013242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13242 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1