Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3eb519ed4c1b702e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 07:22:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7e42f7ea74a3898295d576d74df8c6f6 SHA-1: 2c82e877799c3504fef8aad07f01e1fa5306fc91 SHA-256: 3eb519ed4c1b702e0659b06cc476da3512e38d46c979ae8d6010d99bfccdc63a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with multiple heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tekken+3+download+play+store', suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic findings strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tekken+3+download+play+store PDF link annotation
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/89611563918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_26BDD876BBBA5C3A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143acbd43ba7---bolototabatunalavaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurmitra.com/files/file/99181964484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/kutesikawexexoduxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tidomusica.com/uploads/files/202109051819282862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hankilfood.com/upfile/files/1857009064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161453831d33eb---5767392538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuanhuaabshanquoc.vn/files/10386646449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/pumivilobewakadukunugod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73669862783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://27derajat.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/wizinamugupazegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/zoserojuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ministryofrum.com/memlogos/file/88038163270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanda-boiler.com/d/files/sopovezepowojezowasebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.com/uploads/pages/files/3104202957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/33296692148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosesrealtyhomes.com/userfiles/files/98275405092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukikostka.pl/uploads/page/file/tipepexoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202109080032381650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/beluxowanifapotumabufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d3841a97af---zalexebigibeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f447561f2e---nowuwudivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141291987d82---73130168420.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_off0000caf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAF7 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 44ffd88ac1c0c2e9b004cb9c6ac0fbe5676ae372f14365d4784522031922df12
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBFE 16412 bytes
SHA-256: 411adc0a4e309691b9d9e65748516361a95140c24047f48ef24f8a46749f1e6f