Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3ca43a216fa41c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 08:16:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: be42acf658cc55119bb8d6d1a811fdcc SHA-1: 161a1fd40a54ff3a134b5426205bf19e98871420 SHA-256: c3ca43a216fa41c24ca7c720bc1ab274ce4acf77643a244da5c522cdf85270ee
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. These links are designed to redirect users to download files, as indicated by the 'game downloader for android' UTM parameter. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=game+downloader+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/171233339761353bbe7d056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/68877106682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/54039739569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/92953081671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikludava.lt/images/files/sereve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424073ef2dc---93521473829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56693661894.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/53522999283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsafar.ir/basefile/tsafarir/files/8673244552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.net/userfiles/file/vabaxasoxoluvosezoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161429e4022efe---kezibidefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lose-weight.tw/upload/files/97488959746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614097a18b929---12071351159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/dilujitax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bc2000.order-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jivuzebemaxugazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9543936759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hisunnychem.com/upload/files/rajozoziluluxuduxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/43373902834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edouardweil.com/userfiles/file/36443543442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyuco.com/uploadfile/files/20210919_115227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drjou-vc.com/upload/files/48359941510.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_off0000b8a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8A6 16396 bytes
SHA-256: 1af91fcf27a43b0f0827a8ad23f7024aa305fcfbbbbd958b769b7d48390a7bc7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2C4 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 1c994fb332d40b8fd035cb346d1dbef3ba3bc08bad4244f860cbaa88d99d5d02
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1