Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cc897c622b79fa8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 12:46:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7c1a98e4c17c4513c8f7c1ed90517051 SHA-1: 6d13cacff25cfd638aad4413f7cad2bf5afffbc0 SHA-256: 3cc897c622b79fa8a9d010673d20ab55a770d0a28ef156336a03093c3a753f84
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-based lure, typical of phishing campaigns, containing numerous links to potentially compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stream+shows+free PDF link annotation
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161498140a52aa---21440199698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hisunnychem.com/upload/files/23066455846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/45135579155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-olomouc.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/renemiguzuzakifenowozadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamhead.net/userfiles/file/welatepapuxodofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90e6ecd534fb46d492e704a211903687/50476391165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/wafinelalokifezini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efeotokiralama.com/Upload/file/60671201642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/44379424111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/pofabujafigosuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangphong.vn/uploads/image/files/vofuwanuxapedikelawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prieur-equipement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98029767822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duef.ru/public/file/derudivukupedipazitek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/96614471230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mama-care.com/UserFiles/file/89902652464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/ziripurewubogararojekomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420fdd2643b---69488661641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/56040822179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toscanafantastica.com/userfiles/file/84880288628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lednotice.com/userData/board/file/71776212681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connectcontrol.net/files/userfiles/files/63160841307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunsoftinfoway.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29613191554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76366892347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161467864bc8af---20091745064.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_off0000aeae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6C0 14200 bytes
SHA-256: 19225e8b473b49d7a2498ea9e2707faaeb73c4c6898eefdcad77e6e6c6271842
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CD 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 40d083d89726a0de4be1f03881272eac5c39f2839d312bb404c61a212fbe18ee