Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3c254029e944e39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:49:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d517620cb25824f9e7fbd0a8756bcb65 SHA-1: 48d1d35d805472475e1a85e18810946f0e787823 SHA-256: d3c254029e944e39403ceeff1dea558a071f7248efad3e22422b9eb036f527ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sunding+sd-576c+manual+portugues
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents//files/18600722431.pdf
    • https://xetnghiemadndanang.com/upload/userfiles/files/butoxanezabufofosit.pdf
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dljd862hvvk5hmsog0fp1dboe2/dewoxom.pdf
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e3d83cf5f8a3ed923a96915022595d2/vugopibudufo.pdf
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/79952309264.pdf
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d02867cc7bb7faf15b3fceae48e5b2d/7896609078.pdf
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758b694fcee---72321690747.pdf
    • http://unitec-egypt.net/userfiles/file/zurokuxumarogikojetataliv.pdf
    • http://ferien-in-zahren.de/images/file/besojuxarilewukijanaze.pdf
    • http://itfkarnataka.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/71180078270.pdf
    • http://tyros-club.de/userfiles/file/60683172125.pdf
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/zipozokoraru.pdf
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210828_3E3D69252DE752D4.pdf
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/vewesefedil.pdf
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/36996041608.pdf
    • http://crmloccitanecr.com/campannas/file/gisitagefanun.pdf
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wigegolupovu.pdf
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe9c249487f07e1cc0a907a50ef7a092/54647135505.pdf
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/vajaposejeterobutowe.pdf
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vakudafole.pdf
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/feselubopa.pdf
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97598487364.pdf
    • http://www.thaiticketmajor.com/static/imgUpload/files/3345157988.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000def0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f707.bin
439458b5640badf19b25385b6bd5db0dca753dc48379648d302f876f694a68eb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF707 11420 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000111d8.bin
fa5cbea137587b1d4bb1c548ff3f8d17a18587fe273de630a8d80f12e69f99e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D8 16160 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001276f.bin
b02a3d51ab86653fdc339cefa47c7ffa079105c3bb393c4b311d237628472037
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1276F 23988 bytes