Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3d222bc5b6518aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 05:10:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0e39e89a4ba6507c175bedba8ca63bc4 SHA-1: 06811a6bd121c7635229844ca513914a28baa92a SHA-256: c3d222bc5b6518aad6632b822943a1884a9a715cf169477f912836ce8bff67c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to a phishing campaign leveraging link farms to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/63826600360.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://noithatlekhanh.com/Images_upload/files/96206383905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/simepixiwaxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f3ab6d3d7ccfd337ecabaec56cf1ac5/2970118824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchang.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4808052321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/nazabagejusipapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adtw1.elfjane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94103846614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/busoporuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascii.tn/web/cgi/file/24731485059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image/files/wumenasaxitaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coherence.cz/userfiles/file/61958786183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/tukopilereligazowakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parlagame.net/calisma2/files/uploads/35161426421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92524717289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a9f11df5a---fegeluwosevifugezejeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/butotasedetisawowegipuwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/23628572280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turhantur.com/turhantur/files/zimoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campfun.myhost888.com/upload/ckeditor/files/5237582990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/11381685727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/patijasupipopimepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9f554020141172f5636963de1637a37/zokanegifebunaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.vn/images/files/27490005085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htapigroup3.com/contents/files/sazufisonitibupoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idosekotthonaveresegyhaz.hu/files/files/63292258997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mobile+legend+theme+launcherPDF 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_off0000d63f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD63F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE56 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 90719303947879981aa983fb378f2b05655615a5f35104ea349167d954059c85
font_02_sfnt_off00010709.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10709 17308 bytes
SHA-256: 6d6f0bebf7321019751ed3d394d92c176fcca3ce445025661bb47c196aa2fe56