Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3752fde68020d0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-08-22 00:27:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ca49cba7000b314ea48941fdbdfac0c1 SHA-1: 66de16f07b36ddf0c2bad66451829d6c1d2ae175 SHA-256: c3752fde68020d0df6c4e5ff42a479cd3e8e2a6554aaf84c0bf954edb90c20d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting the user to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/bixepozesuxozaderize.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://episcopiaoradiei.ro/files/12653905963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611de743e3cc1---tokavulonimim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9846cce9b9546d376c55b508a0e6be51/42449320778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/6190380654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiteam.org/clients/b/b0/b0c4817036ef1cb73596cc935f3fa86d/File/zofokido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d730180d7e---10522405366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djlchum0m9mnqgjrr0bg616ej5/22470069275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60549516757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-25/20210525044941698653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/5322994162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/53664347254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47363890677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/jotenelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aeec5478bf---22589517205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tihrg242jtk5ac014o6jsmq2hi/surajadofalakifezevexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a533025d7---24233691073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jurezeworivenizakuloviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e320392865f6662bf1ec96df3ac8888/pobif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.cn/UploadFile/file/F1202107011543563998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/weradavokidarosurovatij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuoncotichdep.com/upload/files/34980897091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98b5a35a12---14327777211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fijiembajak.com/uploads/ck_uploads/files/34358502401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/7965641983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=is+samurai+champloo+manga+finishedPDF 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_off0000d8f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F9 16780 bytes
SHA-256: 6ba5aa264a6910466ca10887285c629bc2af25c1d43bc4da09f53ee8196cecc4
font_01_sfnt_off000104aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AA 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 02b060c7c5d94718691a832e5a651216b234b8c551aefa6ccf0d7bcd1dfb8c44
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1