Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3e05b2f75b6823c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 06:22:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 140dc8b162301742045e2d091dcd4363 SHA-1: e723533d628f3067957aa3b6292856fd26103665 SHA-256: c3e05b2f75b6823c79dcfeee2f767a009ee3e473f6e9649e5269dc0c62f076db
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing analysis of its direct content, but the presence of numerous links suggests a phishing or malicious redirection attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58091681291.pdf
    • https://minipowerpack.net/upload/files/99765122333.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c188139160da9ad34fdf0bfc836f348a/97118543767.pdf
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/43323843327.pdf
    • http://debten.net/UserFiles/File/37313162108.pdf
    • http://kfoodntea.com/dataroom/file/juvebu.pdf
    • http://protrialse.eu/files/files/811165988.pdf
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/zisobasesabiwupina.pdf
    • http://www.dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73394624316.pdf
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/fivobuzu.pdf
    • http://onlinepravenconsultant.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/33878867916.pdf
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/2021941959327845.pdf
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/gusodiniraji.pdf
    • http://massimobertoarchitetto.com/userfiles/files/9387865465.pdf
    • http://hladonural.ru/upload_picture/47183418376.pdf
    • http://movesearchesuk.com/userfiles/file/27200736446.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f132029375---6373484387.pdf
    • http://mptech.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25059459558.pdf
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/senajixesalotuwamel.pdf
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/jizewuzajovixekilok.pdf
    • http://mayinmaunhat.com/upload/files/rebonaririrur.pdf
    • https://lanegarrett.net/userfiles/file/24613695693.pdf
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/977804715.pdf
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355f90611f3---87118651948.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+best+webcam+app+for+android
    • 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_off0000e414.bin
2486ecc210d1354c6e33d43b368c30ee83e3a8ec0a6abf80433954534a665098
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE414 16976 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010fb4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FB4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000127cb.bin
7d66bf847371f65072ae56a0672b105b5ab60343536576611a5ffe2a8630f6c2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127CB 11056 bytes