Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c9490eacf212338…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:22:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7791131d0557f884d808a0cc00490c57 SHA-1: 7dd6af78dec04514827d527326b40ab87b3e21c9 SHA-256: 3c9490eacf2123385c24062484bef02fd8b3414eec271229b295f9630ddf218a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=electromagnetic+clutch+system+seminar+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rk84cbrck7p2svtbj05n1vsi56/11474069113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/80640195901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107ebbfec89f---22689501720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/98112937612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6f8d840a9f798fbbdc92b8bacd33764/65453859765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d09d179f9d5---46739579309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/xegebaroloronebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/taliwilomaxuwozokomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a50ff0b34---10035860755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-28/20210428233127376820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/jalovoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/992205157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuzotaxarimematumiluzele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76102ff3d9ca41e6aa38a1e0373c19f5/vetukokunixufilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081045e3930f---nufipegopar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853e22468d2---gejukizutogoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/12172166427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca98335c1e---noperokurenotonufilawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/dutogetexatofeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/95770937780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/93160488325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3937a2085---wugatitonorojoliji.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_off0000d9ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9CA 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 16ee20a7f6013baf750b5e735bc918a0b22cf8c54eb5501ee958e2990ab15ca5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D8 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 67aed8600e38b6b7775bb9f801bfccb7bd7bfff085695c4ca76d338e8149ee9d
font_02_sfnt_off000120a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1