Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c7a1c0ad7104472…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:16:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3ed19115f2bd6979a2b6421c9a34aade SHA-1: 3d598489ffafc7cb3f41a2491c91edf9bb6ef306 SHA-256: 3c7a1c0ad7104472a105c5d0ed0b5e33bb8e26363b96f9ffd3e4761e270497f8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests an attempt to distribute phishing content or download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xarotabimomimupajexafu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wingmanresearch.com/userfiles/files/89041446660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/babuvuxuxemuwusuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611429a63729f---34167205210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5da5380c77c032278df8e352424afe3b/gusuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210623021908_695hs8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peintures-descours.fr/fichier/files/30230626557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/24123835052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69e777dba9c5c3bc7d76baf1f609f28b/17043877313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108499b2a25c---nenewimuzepopazizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1uojpll6be4dpmj5qsfkn9uvu1/juxugupara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109ebbed3e67---rugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc5edb3d73bd208b34ee630ccc5aa13d/lotuginusabokiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadq3ae7aa5k.xn--p1ai/upload/file/nekozenure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d19a7950c---golavutubudoxexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2op37ti0q86oic7d0tcnp5gup6/23427570216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gjbbang.com/userData/board/file/16038995133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f59110c73d1---zadedofuxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4df26cc7e7ab0f5ba10beb536f1ae2f9/36981484346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073744f77dc8---kikegupumigojexagigew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da1024d106ec94c98a9ec87261b6fc58/69878292144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f79b1787b35---5621751587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mo8lps8mbafv46lb7h5vlitka5/zuxujomobaxisutajiwojopun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/zejavexovotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/25318171609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=midface+fractures+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_off0000bddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDDB 16172 bytes
SHA-256: 498403f300f97409a303e8ea38f4ceb48f4e321a85f28e9ef2978ea7d1578960
font_01_sfnt_off0000e730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE730 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 08e855542ec69ca0cd7d0d356310cf214148dabc5a1e82ca00153cc7912e75f9
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1