Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3d17a1d2a83edec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-13 13:17:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d3e86ab48c36b250d5ac0756783a0d3a SHA-1: d68e2eb3c171420e7b394ab7df656fe6566027aa SHA-256: c3d17a1d2a83edec63adae5fb539bdbcb6b7e24cae8ba801f5d085ebae9d40d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely to host phishing content or further malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JS likely responsible for the initial redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/57399009094.pdf
    • https://songiadahoaian.com/upload/ck/files/zazakofanotujadabomena.pdf
    • http://pizzeriadevita.it/userfiles/files/fukejitime.pdf
    • http://jjsgreatescape.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/73439213904.pdf
    • http://jujucuisine.com/userfiles/file/gomolofiwutugawaworagej.pdf
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/956f1af505e5cebc967dfc6b78e56ae7/jutukejonimuxozoferalajin.pdf
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202109020449148498.pdf
    • https://ubk-sad.de/azubi/userfiles/files/badexeboru.pdf
    • http://sindikat777.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/48876262788.pdf
    • https://www.vignolaweb.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73205437902.pdf
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/12535532581.pdf
    • http://essentielles-theater.de/UserFiles/File/86528753633.pdf
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d9f2799b7e6f6c7be50e6193371c009/silaj.pdf
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73406643548.pdf
    • http://ajmason.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22605616001.pdf
    • http://giadinhmedia.com/uploads/files/34745065660.pdf
    • http://ain.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/podulopipawagowire.pdf
    • https://nguyenthelong.net/userfiles/files/13922513267.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ff2f3110a---xudamuw.pdf
    • http://vektorma.ru/uploads/assets/file/64103103978.pdf
    • https://rh4-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents/files/mazekezesu.pdf
    • http://inannamsao.com/uploads/files/29984621860.pdf
    • http://markaz-e-durood.com/EditorImages/file/bukeragufo.pdf
    • http://duythuc-bearing.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/42328860018.pdf
    • http://bolshunoff.ru/images/wysiwyg/file/40465045413.pdf
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50562288690.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=words+that+start+with+c+and+end+with+r
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d235.bin
0a761d3ec8d6a6bae6c0e0e4e259b45fa6b2dbe66be9a30e9727e41efb3ba1d0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD235 10500 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea1d.bin
2ad8199f317b0d44ecf640ad429d1a82437bbf80a94d213f2767924653526a3e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA1D 15952 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011311.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11311 16792 bytes