Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3acc8bbe93e1a41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 14:13:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c429744bb6f898112aba6b5db1a4568b SHA-1: 94567a442fcf5d3a797b83bb53c877ec506a03bb SHA-256: c3acc8bbe93e1a419d3187ed192dfaebab41cdc20d736ee04ff42093642d52e2
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hik+connect+apk+for+smart+tv PDF link annotation
    • http://www.gpe-el.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35676547033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39933273057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezsprinting.com/userfiles/file/torusovijudotiresu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaticketland.com/userfile/file/34327338127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aec2884957---mazoribewugobagomuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/79939512689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/fegipirivatixutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atrsara.ir/resource/files/fokusejiporusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec039f08153c76c64ba2f34c4d4d930c/gukokadelesorobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52845509633.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/42260152823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shijijiaming.cn/filespath/files/20210914182623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarteabungalows.com/userfiles/file/71313933609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duongthuy.net/userfiles/file/dilufedojigavajogik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/lupetofuwiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.aels.edu/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/womekufusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jca-t.com/fck_image/file/pafore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50083344455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/xelebujagumonamigefosuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a402e7f1c4c0f6ae49f870f0cf9014a4/pufisasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/78028863779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biogenetec.tw/image/files/20210912_140649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70381504794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtpokebar.com/uploads/files/mikimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loca-granderoue-montaletang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2991744466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis-samara.ru/img/file/sijulid.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_off0000dd37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f549.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF549 17268 bytes
SHA-256: 2a898563d16cfb34cfe2229286414b6866f85c95aa171d93c6c7b43006ee79a1
font_02_sfnt_off0001219a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1219A 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 18928890a47f0d3746ef35d6758748a4c1b31daa62b3fdfd217337a635e49e28