Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cc3c91a66bd2256…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:26:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4db1f42570944bb90b691b749ce19d68 SHA-1: 33d55cdf3319d9073a8cb5cf41f1a8ad5702030c SHA-256: 3cc3c91a66bd2256a9aadfc62c33d295b87202d4114d5afa16fb44fded12365b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, contributing to the overall phishing attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mcluhan+laws+of+media+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://enjoyisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xenaxikofisabopevaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a061808d3---72166137905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatshoulditcostme.com/userfiles/file/84455895241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/20046333381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vekosgroup.ru/userfiles/file/92162308753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/watuvani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhzsolutionz.com/userfiles/file/4572583797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a3bf1b9c37bda000bde44725c71b244/16079521274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/rukerifefafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d75ac2783a---68954325618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48366676454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gryf-wet.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28082726166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evaemlak.com/userfiles/file///94491418275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemcom.org/userfiles/file/pafegudusepojisoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/nexavika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agencesramos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29180343662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613516e9e436a---81696276550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolawakolaresigixofineke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acmemask.com/upfiles/editor/files/22458568448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/32638907976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/5167650559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-sito.it/uploads/file/jezafexizifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://problemconsulting.com/img/download/files/zorebutobi.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_off0000f1be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D0 18312 bytes
SHA-256: b7bb4dcfa36dccad2ace3712cea5fe0e75200fb42ce5a9637154e4cf4d72856f
font_02_sfnt_off000139a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139A3 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 6ee83b91f4893f7f71c8cb72bfe9e90517dd92c3b239cdd2a739e17e7619a9fe

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