Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3d333d0e290da3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 15:09:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: df560f1a8a62d4918f23302f4b546569 SHA-1: 291b33eb6c1def7cfbe05247829e6bdb46fc8814 SHA-256: c3d333d0e290da3cb2383bae8fce9beeb7ed09fd296477f98dbf087d6ec23017
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised websites, which is a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics confirms the use of compromised infrastructure for hosting these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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=what+is+an+oem+manual
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6d5e35846---ligopoluzoluw.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b49c633a58---damuvevezenidi.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d12e567e03---xozukiragagofixovunoxugob.pdf
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c96765b624631397e23d22cbf3365e50/58719997632.pdf
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9c5012hq1uj6its6au9v8lds5/xumilediju.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f9079fd9cb269b8047325acc3992eeb/95821785389.pdf
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/65529725381.pdf
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/zogazatem.pdf
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9838a6c9ba18e22788868b3bca3c4d9/nakogowitamipefimaxil.pdf
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0qml89uemaunqgbce6fhp8ia3/23567478183.pdf
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xekenesitakitadokajokum.pdf
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607125b733d16---18694031764.pdf
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9g1fp9tua2ch2c4rng3v14omtu/dajuvirukuzize.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49925359a7---perepilazopagewalonemu.pdf
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/kemetapebawusoki.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c68219203---74950650923.pdf
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/zukifivopame.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c694a3cca8d---porululibopam.pdf
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b29154fd2dd90cc62a471de156b753cc/33745932809.pdf
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c75e405293---33774035630.pdf
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/318e274aa464b3ef083d1aad67ca7829/mefixexegonenuvixekaletis.pdf
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90cfd2ed9f4fc705f543d7a1e6914d52/dagorekivevabitubu.pdf
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073615c1c082---15451499956.pdf
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16245667303149.pdf
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd385dd169b---10230512487.pdf
    • 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_off0000cb29.bin
72187e92499264d697707370b355e10d597ab02081bc21407885f205003210f8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB29 15724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f361.bin
49d97bc5d7f8d02c2aa456df11d11d0923a1bbfdb9667a19559f7dd3c5d6c82c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF361 10368 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010aa8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA8 16792 bytes