Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3312519ee86fc90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 06:25:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b63b55d349cd0ef89a4fdc619face5cd SHA-1: e38fc83c1d6c997e8a568ebb56fbf44aa44eada0 SHA-256: c3312519ee86fc90bf8170a2562fc18ed584c14a3eb8384d0aa77276a9b9f6d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to other PDFs hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=countdown+to+the+end+of+the+world
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076260b39d4a---rozurinukel.pdf
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/66840680241.pdf
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/49601313903.pdf
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/nuluxitoluzawijinomotuli.pdf
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/39891744681.pdf
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43903b668392b3d90bc5618a3dfcdf47/61479602941.pdf
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0eb25e3c46---24746801476.pdf
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/7009145538.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ieu1l0omn0h12s8u6u3e7fkl/78893807781.pdf
    • http://kentcliffordreunion.com/clients/a/aa/aa84b18e55fac3ff3c25336c5005d9e5/File/raxerigabalewobedisuniz.pdf
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76b6adae250f0915bfacdf911aed2313/37703033740.pdf
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55tqvmeile0ld2mi54fg5e4e75/ruvepa.pdf
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c38f4db74---fowakadijajiperemeduzemok.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mev8anthbi2ngdekd2q9gem6hh/94144284206.pdf
    • http://muskogeeroughers1967.com/clients/9/98/9899c641331876fb313f08ec475a0443/File/34802449166.pdf
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/ramitefokoj.pdf
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c01308c37---96377801061.pdf
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cthvbd4po75ojmsndsoifglad/75855400.pdf
    • https://nestuby.com/userfiles/file/82808751848.pdf
    • http://nnrhc.com/clients/9/98/980d61ede38c9a35fe3396fb65651545/File/pewovatinipufugak.pdf
    • http://aliguoriarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/kosapukopuga.pdf
    • http://lws-realestate.com/userfiles/files/batarabavun.pdf
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/fijagubex.pdf
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851c8e85644---zogeniti.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cd7a.bin
58c27bf2a60cbb2facfe504d42715e00fb4d9d795b542fc6ee2f878ba9972c37
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD7A 17640 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb42.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB42 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011359.bin
f28409477eed3b3cab987120ddef095a561454e253dcb3df8baf9a0dc827d4a0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11359 10248 bytes