Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3f8f69cc72a9a8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:24:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c26b76758dfa1fe474e0409c4e15e1b8 SHA-1: cda7295ab367950a0111c28e88851152abe878a8 SHA-256: c3f8f69cc72a9a8e91179017d55fe376650dfe865d0359f8e7f29a44118fa9fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure implies it's designed to lure users to malicious sites, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=where+are+android+ringtones+stored
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zakadobaxexividinitakitub.pdf
    • https://tidurmalam.com/contents/files/51072896209.pdf
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/ridesagupajopejip.pdf
    • https://matricula.netlandschool.cl/files/81764044810.pdf
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/pupagarelovanilenir.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133bfb0e9b14---zixal.pdf
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/fidakozig.pdf
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97ea1116201fee6fbe91582c8366f434/66348077097.pdf
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/94146491168.pdf
    • http://german-ex.com/images/blog/file/basisokebetatigar.pdf
    • http://logicparcel.net/uploadsEditorfile/vizifubibonuduvotosiso.pdf
    • https://ubitanduk.com/contents/files/32638103189.pdf
    • http://antropolog.ru/userfiles/file/wuvom.pdf
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/lipawibetu.pdf
    • http://keemunblacktea.cn/uploads/file/160243554348.pdf
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f17544b26c---70393644863.pdf
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914qrp4q9pp5ih0jui99bimmn6/vixikuvimefalulurenezagos.pdf
    • http://tagsu.com/attachments/fckattachments/file/kuripefivikolazuvujip.pdf
    • https://emons-verlag.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/nivisufenufiga.pdf
    • http://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/kixewofisitotipo.pdf
    • http://fjzy18.com/image/uload/files/65378966234.pdf
    • https://coopinproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusenavolepaxesur.pdf
    • http://hzyixiangchem.com/upload/files/87830568444.pdf
    • https://www.rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bagezekos.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_off000108ab.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000120bd.bin
27ccae2e281473e640141d2f6d87d3d6f0c11a73c97bea2f0f809ceb74f8801f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120BD 19396 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000152fc.bin
02fb56090dc11f013d23f6fd0cd9ec751d7e8f62e2da179bb96e101299ea0bce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152FC 10476 bytes