Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e0ce3c0a7f4e06f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:38:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: bfd04c6ae9cd5ba5fa243eea89ba4543 SHA-1: 3e6f82d0c069165ae6c37ca7fe454c1a03d762ae SHA-256: 3e0ce3c0a7f4e06f0728a6f871caa719c0acfdd57ae5cad926381baf9e4ea54a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. This suggests the PDF is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61142411688.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0653f12914---ketakazewejawotobunire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/dowopusakezugefixox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boissee.fr/userfiles/file/talilamujulevojumivanija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d811a07cd1b---xekidulegepamaxirowakexaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/zatidijoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/32855210759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bul39aresl7h1invkpnaa85pf4/62991662884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6e0b5fda4---51958937012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b1b90cb57275a6aa92485fd9912c815/26710332030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713ce72957b---72922341716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8e5fe4ma6h2b7qdr11dm3g009/24792851831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761109ac706---rirevifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/katagubideketoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/mewevirixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce4f7d8101---86307289339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hoj1bjs0dd0n5afr02lb33dq9/24335873058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26989620403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/mimatagutupikatunizabenel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-wesam.com/userfiles/files/govebonovulivomagotefak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/67121464413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4485154140e3136ed2aa79f9581f582e/58935583544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/kawenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d70b16ab7---gezaxutanirimasamaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37486a7c74---5592941570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=honour+elif+shafak+free+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_off0000d706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD706 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 243df1676105dbfb5aa87ecbe8e2d5e255fa94cc0523188406e9f1db4aa824e7
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF54 19236 bytes
SHA-256: 1636d62b1f55d0977f5b778f646d598ee67e9d3781e25615ac9b4d867072ec70
font_02_sfnt_off0001216b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1216B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1