Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cb2cf3645cb4931…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:26:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 533c1e04f27f98123f804be321d5eba5 SHA-1: 4b67bf865d6891bc6890055881a0d3dbd6ba4740 SHA-256: 3cb2cf3645cb4931c9bdbba4470e081d01f603da342d1243fb524aa21add9c4f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF employs a common image-based lure, presenting a screenshot to obscure clickable elements that redirect to external URLs. The numerous links to potentially compromised websites suggest an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. ClamAV and ML classifiers strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 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.
  • 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 http://ct-tci.com/cttax/userfiles/files/63416325262.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7045b665df---vozixid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161168124721a1---84546349024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjf93pmku1se5jtrmbm8s64fk1/mudewafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/zojeforezuzobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzafjc.com/uploadfile/files/xarawedumikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankslawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zibodudakorowagikevevira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.com/upload/files/kixarerasef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauroconsulting.pl/userfiles/file/renebupojivugupikabawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53526a471cc1eb94315441921f65246b/dusilovosesutemexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cf782dff1b---polovipuzigeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/38798316250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0c6411ef16---5788786970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///wipiwomufotezotuguwimab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/lafejigidumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/negaroxijuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/44979348896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc43c89fae---totikuvadoxekesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/86745709515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/68063523155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/42189250332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/59093699333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/3984727222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68d9d4a377499038e7ff4214c9ea675c/80055976671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74647866784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/48299322282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=spanish+definite+article+worksheetPDF 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_off0000b6b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cece.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCECE 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 63037b1c76b60038a6bb002189b2e1c89f37b7b0e01d3058f503643bc864c26c
font_02_sfnt_off0000e840.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE840 14400 bytes
SHA-256: 1e058a7c2ac6069b760ea67f652b38c50237e91cf2d0980a7601ed9e29d21542