Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3e1295c8c434634…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-06-21 19:45:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: fcf6aa09be9ccf6ca75c65a73abe3567 SHA-1: f43fe051cda07718e0ca44abf1df189c92ecdae5 SHA-256: c3e1295c8c434634cc934a56749b8b3ee9c63a6dde7ce1d13d8b4a5f557088de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or phishing content. The presence of a 'download' lure further supports this, aiming to trick users into clicking through to malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bijoy+bayanno+2016+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc02e4756b---13134252090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/danonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhrj09i89qbmsi36iunmrsbnbd/22832559403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f035af42d7a21f48e9534a64793e1e91/foteminofuvidibunosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdabbac67d27840834c7b0c8d0a1cd47/34227598700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/zifulabexisuxodozadezoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gpnucj46cc14dnos8ujveal1h5/25356482346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe5f2e9478---dulazefeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607710abedcc7---59280383212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14979f45cae84b77c5446e0386622f3b/jexidujitadotulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/64792584290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a35a313e6c---rodepima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89fd7b85de349008325f71c13fcb5cd0/59340114331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94ccf74629---fezugetadeveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaplains-camps.org/upload_picture/file/60987114058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF32 5660 bytes
SHA-256: 37403d1fd598ecdebd7a68ed3815d4bcb8fa85f51a6abd1863538ed59cf79bb2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2AE 12444 bytes
SHA-256: a67e1e3ca3eed4da4c159ae1b0d2594942cd07c2e7be01acd162025caf288f4d
font_02_sfnt_off0001186c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186C 11836 bytes
SHA-256: aabde2fe1bd3eb47cbb751fc008623a9812b9c07d067ab3340b78036013c54c7