Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3b54ae88e84f4df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 16:34:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: ea0cb60b2c2f1bae141fe7c02afaad02 SHA-1: ca1a5e9d3689a275d507f6e140d42def21812207 SHA-256: c3b54ae88e84f4df80991b5e677a356409025ad6490db6f916c05f251c9f718f
172 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 WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links likely lead to further malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bear+hunt+wiggles PDF link annotation
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135135e2633b---42112812320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferien-in-zahren.de/images/file/sasega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://space-edge.com/upload/files/73016279843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitchelllawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/15715601558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/mepumexaridutezebara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandipmallick.com/fckimages/file/28891817725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.info/files/file/titisagapir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0a207d01a---mixutotogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://word.mn/uploads/assets/basewunufezexefozixubujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6736209996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/xikavelozodojuwedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leasing.net.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2473558227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c4815815f0---pogagujitipajawobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-golubev.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79226116292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eric-parnes.shortex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161318e710c860---8909064782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/32268197670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamepoxexabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagcorlifescience.com/attachment/file/24135580290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mexico-airport-transfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30272535022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tjp2-hotlink-j3t.com/contents/files/92800237841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29499ea0391bb6d2cea7fd0d2bf25c61/seviloxivigabibetanulim.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_off0000e4bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCCE 19296 bytes
SHA-256: 71986cce854f28115fb42e0cff48396e03848b9c97d9247eb68792d597274e92
font_02_sfnt_off00012f07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F07 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 4bb4099dc03e7abe175aaab85dfcc073c167ae56e693d492afc68a7dd0a35694