Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c912e3ce3436b8e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 12:14:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0872f0b60b2dc7aa166466cba24a2ca8 SHA-1: f836edc7bc9b2885fe7309dbdc408798dc297a49 SHA-256: c912e3ce3436b8e366b42fd7d4b62a077cbe6115032ac248d80ba4a57e9b8430
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites, often initiated via spearphishing attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/gagasitozulotegiwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42e82c6bef7a08e1c6fffb5c2a3f11d6/nazudeposezikugakowerukem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d907e6b78a---dimisolaxumibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58cd9472bb---40371035456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982ad73e3c4---15762971647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prttour.ca/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210602_3310BA600EBD3DD9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/dizifesozajake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dolapixegurimapekob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e5782f8e021685081c02518b203b343/22446868120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e27468e5b2---8737999740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c8b411ffc---60669803204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1988.com/clients/75739/File/1328434368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamjagolla.com/uploads/files/xomumebiwasazinovino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be2043e26d---27143453395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec51cb23a4da747a2c6851ebf56282ea/14573572513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/61325781704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf0e1f34f2---fukekejojixivotoluxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c69c6c6ed5---85683381342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2c6d1bc663cf36d9cbc51b9e1c162a2/27752073102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbtech.kr/upfile/files/44145453155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/49736305050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6b5b9444b---63121497440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071238967fde---kudere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29624742778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=pygame+draw+rectPDF 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://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/draw.htmlIn 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f8f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001110a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1110A 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 6ae44ab8449a7adf6e951f3fb9ce192ec909cb2cde06fee9e447ce110672672c
font_02_sfnt_off00013f08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F08 60176 bytes
SHA-256: a5ccbf2206dfa65831647fa39475e5829e72ae67783023ae586b6b5dea0f58df
font_03_sfnt_off0001db8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DB8E 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 33e4c4499f270ad26d27b1915f774779af2898ede0d45fed0e50f79c5dbfb668