Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3c7562909dd64a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:43:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a6609bd00b7c1a3b9e0ce07f661664a8 SHA-1: 063b208ed19bbb4a5cdccf4e0264d619ee7a9167 SHA-256: c3c7562909dd64a99984ac5549b184f7cf9ed049d6d035bed25f1b93b9b36b14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The primary purpose appears to be facilitating phishing or malware delivery through these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=examen+diagnostico+de+ingles+basico+pdf+con+respuestas PDF link annotation
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4fbf484e9---43228354922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/manowipeximilazada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e58511f0ab---jigufuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioibaobicarton.com/Images_upload/files/91416154883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc295a4cb3---81040107002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45f502a2b9---wepilon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/migoviverezadasevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interior-mark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonegupezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/95455829752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8565155726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/gedaberitizebadoxodufimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e0hioaila1cmm34rovtra1oi2/dasuretopelaganor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd27003cc8---14547480727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/8301939906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/14560281269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsjsbzrw.com/uploads/files/mozavowenagedubutudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buzev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074986e28245---zaxitufatafewigel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b290735241---punemeduraxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c029851f06a318219a23feaf910c291/xamerogidiridujifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca9e9437b6d---bumamonovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aanugxqi.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74350868744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/tikesiterijidoveguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9de9096e6c---84732655898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120671248bf5---jilibixefamodozi.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_off0000d701.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD701 11288 bytes
SHA-256: d3f08c3e36d5a4c08665c52fcf7527351a5b1b06ec788adda42cd9ba96bb450c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f10b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF10B 19144 bytes
SHA-256: ad3fc220242a892dc2d19c5ff02647f2341a8abdb506bfc0833b058f5c7add14
font_02_sfnt_off000121b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1