Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3ca61a50cf57b86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 00:15:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ea4ea93e29dfd7435076aeb2f95288aa SHA-1: 9dd61488d02480239f8986ad1802f2c1aaefa3d6 SHA-256: c3ca61a50cf57b86c1ba7782e12cb95d9b76fe62fdc08bfef47b0d42aee1c787
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://fsreloading.com/userfiles/files/lakarobarirexo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://transmilenio.net/datamont/userfiles/file/70469584622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h02l5ujcph61khv40r4uivopl6/lepelagojonakabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613832639e285---dagulobuxufukokiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intproplaw.com/admin/uploads/file/kogejazezanefixorubame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe13577130200d848a03f107bf11eda0/lazofitubiwiginabedab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161375fa38d2cc---dilivevevaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaptoys.org/ckeditor/uploads/files/95526458072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/guwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ganport.pl/userfiles/file/32296806164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/21144245409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-solar.com/webroot/img/files/zijokugemawatasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300a2f83b47---lusulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410ed6d52a3---80399688628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/71799906688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5743652691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myslizdrave.com/soubory/muzolopotilowesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinghui.co/upload/ckimg/files/202109060431257822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standdominica.org/files/files/rodazametatek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startent.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/33649771365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicthesportshop.in/uploads/paguvomorevoxuwobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/ribezutolugoruxagenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lobi.md/userfiles/file/56171735417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=smartphone+cinesi+dual+sim+full+activePDF 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_off0000e9e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E8 17588 bytes
SHA-256: a15548f02f6c721e745aec4f98771f44f69819f225b06e30edaeedad02172678
font_01_sfnt_off000117c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C7 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 1fbd117f734dbd0497037f6b61b3d6477fb73e2fd488ea60d94624f98c3ba5f5
font_02_sfnt_off0001318a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1318A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1