Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3ba34d3840b4700…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-06-12 10:02:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 7b435e40cbb9a67753f29340636f825c SHA-1: ce0f9e12b62d654bbd5f07934b250590664567ae SHA-256: c3ba34d3840b4700c40a9256f1b5e50918b2af178010c72cc9350107d85ffdda
222 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including ML classification and ClamAV detection. It contains embedded JavaScript and directs users to external URLs, one of which is associated with PayPal credential phishing. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to facilitate the phishing attempt or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure critical SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: action link to abused redirector https://xejukogafowoje.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682905/3df7c37602.pdf.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smidgel.ru/pbw?utm_term=ssn+psd+free PDF link annotation
    • https://xejukogafowoje.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682905/3df7c37602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4450719/normal_6046e929db591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4450424/normal_603cc2bbcafdb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4490961/normal_5fddf46b243b8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4367633/normal_60137fcd82dd3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gasodugolulo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134375537/risiwekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusewuna.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/0/134096348/povebusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikiravu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134347639/dunuzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://zepupifob.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144664134/what_is_the_national_association_of_realtors.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zepadatoju.pbworks.com/f/is_tracfone_iphone_unlocked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/c6118468-0845-4796-bfb0-8f20ab29b153/fichas_de_las_horas_del_reloj_para_imprimir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lipovosufuk.pbworks.com/f/vafijumowawatuwafelarozaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/3b1d4e36-4638-4de2-967f-4a5dba5872b2/58184799556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mibegenav.pbworks.com/f/powipawenaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mokakiw.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/145072224/64204056008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nunaruribeg.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144418185/motor_kw_to_amps_chart.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f2b535ec-b904-4084-8c12-d15513275e69/vifavopavatij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bijinim.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144845436/schwinn_deluxe_bicycle_child_carrier_manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kafunujazuwo.pbworks.com/f/38277307295.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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDAE 4896 bytes
SHA-256: 1e2da4fed8fbc438a03466c9b84cf196f55ef89937f2fae7c1d9eba2e6583c95
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE60 2092 bytes
SHA-256: 13678a14b930e6d42e11b2ac41b13981c2c7f5938cc30cfb194ad51886f1f1dd
font_02_sfnt_off00010805.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10805 11848 bytes
SHA-256: f4a188c21a9adbe28fe5bad895e0c495693b169c3fdd1cc7cf7f0d90538cec73