Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3d09194150796e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 19:46:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b2c65de9f4eef49c972e730db0638af8 SHA-1: 73e7e8ad5c23026e596b27a1a137f3d35e4eca31 SHA-256: c3d09194150796e23011dbaf10c22f96156148db7ce75dbaeb9a8627b00c8122
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download further payloads or redirect the user. The link farm, with its use of UTM parameters and disposable hosting, indicates a phishing or scam attempt to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=psiphon+free+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://fluffy-chins.com/images/file/fadukukixogidifobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzsvybbs.at/userfiles/file/23525109491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idroilektriki.gr/files/file/zisejadawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614312d764849---teraguvimakutafefesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aamuhsv-madisonalumni.org/files/files/butejukalawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/kebufawotepaxinilop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilocom.net/webroot/img/files/30309936920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kqcme.yiaiwang.com.cn/upload/files/25463699961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51403671974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/69994652802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/73900453004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/govonujatovuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdientunhk.com/upload/files/31807089907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a5c8d09dd4198d6536808859e407777/sideferosekofuderil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ef9aef6f6---31084482090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamayeshniroo.com/shop/file/bojuwagavazarajanovoraxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b1198f4d4---9408774113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/54858848522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/simabalogavajazojobeviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/87470064611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f6f02db7c---mogokatolukadamutuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjjapan.jp/files/ckeditor/files/mojazagumebep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jv-cms.crazy-jessie.nl/uploads/files/mimubiwidofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepassion.pl/userfiles/file/66086057672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4421596679.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_off0000b214.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB214 14420 bytes
SHA-256: 7992fcea198ea432a8ab1073fc19cee9c42cb9ab8f03367134e8bbcd41dd9497
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B9 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 7b7134cac211f4c5a70cf733672c46420af05a77c867e5e2f4a7f4a556283a7a
font_02_sfnt_off0000edd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1