Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c3fb8a677e31e43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 19:35:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3dd02b749bc4a9e1962473ce3110fa32 SHA-1: bece95d502ef1d6e883aa3967a3b1f1a7ea201ec SHA-256: 9c3fb8a677e31e430620d80d625acdc934fda6bae5108be176b7d52bce3a8893
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, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=resetear+celular+android+desde+pc PDF link annotation
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/lemamukimudawuvuwugilit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodchemsino.com/d/files/vebenetiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowassenindex.nl/images/uploads/10038419626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210920150925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__613EFCCEA37DB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/kepowakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-etalon.ru/upload/files/pedawedakexelapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://torby.kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87051424158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210917233357131325m9g8pn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjccnc.com/upload/files/fakufadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e06e9222585e5b25b33e0ece50d47c5f/dizorar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9y.bfage.com/upload/files/20210916160100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/duzodunexifogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/9420279414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/giwolapisajupibiwizuvevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khonggiansachhanoi.vn/uploads/files/18289820658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d9d10bc86---gakeguxadinegipoladip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicearthfiji.com/documents/file/91492681151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/88767774493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71770362142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mptech.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36383987626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161401bef46219---98609399471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ebaee0aba4---tewowijuwezoxujoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/42559046087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-n-s.net/userfiles/file/7506064322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/jenifodog.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_off0000eedd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F4 10652 bytes
SHA-256: e7f2901d83054610e138fb1b853c0e24d5e435ecf36191488e4065c14ae168ce
font_02_sfnt_off00011f74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F74 17900 bytes
SHA-256: a5e5ee5d0a8cb794b1f0bff1113e0b3c785b961f6901ef4380c21086c4dada03