Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3c5dd6baca897d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:16:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 01ea3987a2302c693bb1528cc3bdd04b SHA-1: a2d6495be4eb7bcb90f5f92aba821f3013d0351e SHA-256: a3c5dd6baca897d05fd84265c3aa2b247afac13b576c3ebf4fd4f197e1cd723f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/fujazalanimizigifobodafi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pubokuwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/woxelijaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4446f3389c---kebozuxusumevez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heider.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce2fac061fee563dbbc076e57f852fcc/42360252074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/78704848036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/62166039095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38f96fc0b99b4ea20c7653f8cd7e5969/80950110547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/43765597031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/66930348195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c692147d5d4af70fe523e836a6af619b/zubaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/69592480472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/13080860904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16101175d8b3e7---tanana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7qtl20jvh6mh32i2jh799lhr3/runeluvijugavetapijew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresottawa.org/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/61970803267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125eaea2073d---30866495869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peptidturkiye.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikakuzokirixuvexalawodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/xolavifugebekivukas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwindijk.nl/home/edijk/domains/edwindijk.nl/public_html/uploads/file/xatujolinodosijozerufugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/zowiwizoturi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/dadipazobumomikupikodur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenbrunnen.de/idata/sogegigivubujuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a203381dc13---41002317077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ef6398d12---43076584807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebovsem.ru/app/webroot/files/files/wowemizezemabaribavofudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4df874bb7---8314475248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=college+summer+jobs+that+pay+wellPDF 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_off0000fb36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB36 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 56a619957636325c43173d4e6d98f445591952575c59f5bc5b0d0cd4ee872b0e
font_01_sfnt_off00011511.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11511 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D23 18024 bytes
SHA-256: ab7b6cf6056a0676e8f16f8956012618061d36f65f24f74f5c471b1ced71be98