Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3740169f939cd68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-08-06 00:14:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c923059a1be20aeab48f68c64bb55a70 SHA-1: 9159a4df2e314f4d8d87d2fe0b0c6c71faa21ce6 SHA-256: c3740169f939cd68aa3bcca4cc211c3e681c4c230f4912a8668020bb10e994fb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=certified+ethical+hacker+v9+study+guide+pdf
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/lexegavel.pdf
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d5ecce401---11596351860.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6oafof58kl8kp40r9fv1aqhm45/fubuwufewaxe.pdf
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/nifulijudebogeno.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i98ledomegs203nbgqj1ubcn3l/fevamamofunovuzuvupop.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3edde0ced2---18145607387.pdf
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/pefox.pdf
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/rimagat.pdf
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/sopitomexigewu.pdf
    • https://soft-print.pl/app/webroot/media/files/8809847330.pdf
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607051e060b39---17331879560.pdf
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608975f45bb5b---16569644972.pdf
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/30555280565.pdf
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946a8ec3f66---gitikowivez.pdf
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/wibuluvawipirejosadunax.pdf
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1helqoeebc07k37k4f0sas17am/futegiz.pdf
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb86ab03a11---siludofogagirezib.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092aa9c54aec---kupexafubajematepunulok.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/608f9c3c156003e58a7985d534ac758f/pozafopawivepezo.pdf
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/dijuranejizojujobarive.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc9e0716f84---39195209893.pdf
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/wafiwudijavatafobaviboni.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_off0000f6ef.bin
d3900b6fbb37c8ecc8ec47405f04801e9863ad3a28262fe5842c364c86226044
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6EF 11244 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011152.bin
2468885f3a8fbc9814ca7be2bd23b070044648cfe5245f74d66a815adc3a4629
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11152 18564 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000142a5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142A5 16792 bytes