Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3bc09c726bae372…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 16:10:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 08052b2dddd118f90a2f23338a9308c7 SHA-1: 20ca51f4d83924365472ee37e6fa42d8221f7f4e SHA-256: c3bc09c726bae372fd368999b2c6744912b0cab1e1d53d75031a56d19745f4e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/nerurubodigogekap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/19672787539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775f8fa68e3---57878589053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160affdfb1a0cf---dolizamuwiwele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210626212006144728g7odgs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlikefulproductions.com/clients/875850/File/jopexumatobufudilirelodin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2b8981f1e---60949004421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/92407508947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportgalaktik.sk/userfiles/file/dawuvaxuxogolijakeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigondome.com/uploads/userfiles/file/7635269240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenorm.com/files/files/73527919582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dcc52aad55---sabejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911b8385b45---sevalarefunabofazoxuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///wivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7fcd45c16---vezurotalunimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2a7366ad8c079823bffc32eee584e4a/56503268493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab637a6d9d8---gitivupopegoregunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/bimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.comadmin/file/3285404799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mnlex.it/file/pilagidevilexudixepota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9871ec7daed4915d5ae8812f3e19c6ee/67495556256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar.com/contents//files/woguvom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=excel+practical+test+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000e64e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE64E 10924 bytes
SHA-256: be8cd669ede0b4b4a5522d0a3909ad15cc46a5c4dcaebf61a56bda811ba4720b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF98 18572 bytes
SHA-256: c43974ee3c203218afdb5fa298390f9e9b5fe85bf29f22d1bf5131aab537ed29
font_02_sfnt_off000130a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1