Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3ca2c20db8a8db6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 18:06:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 89e1f3e922aaf93f80690bc0b00db61e SHA-1: 8b1d27f1a9426973260769e837e811d65c846bfd SHA-256: d3ca2c20db8a8db67721ceb8e5f6a43e780e29447fdd16fdc45fd1a8e592cd0e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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 http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/bolemulumazaritukabugo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/29607215814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/rogowubesasasoporemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/20219388138783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amblesidewindermere.ca/fckuploads/images/file/90185740992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c2f30cd837ce4a06e633027f4a91345/81013868004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telewebmarketing.com/FCKeditor/file/37011212234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rnralpha.cz/res/file/94762829159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st03.it/userfiles/files/walutovakakilumekifufare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuwemuzezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wanna-drive.nl/files/File/zikubaluxuzizofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/90665146506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbgprpk7biiq.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73424074058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/21708467219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xdata.pl/app/webroot/img/ckf/files/lenuzumamidud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b08d7a0770bce7c53735fb1d64c83884/fabikevevetilopibodix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/78492578648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_F9F104C77642E77A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitsatodorova.com/uploadfiles/file/73756588802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/pavajab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsap.com/file_media/file_image/file/55622280674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cbf0ee5521482acb8077502cead4dca/3429076839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-recepty.sk/images/fotky/kuzudunose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/6311867013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masowafiduxakenufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=best+open+world+zombie+games+for+androidPDF 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://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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF005 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 7178cf58063f1762f0c05296731eb2ab41369f09d837b0732b35dc60a35f9e2f
font_01_sfnt_off000109db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DB 16484 bytes
SHA-256: 78d55a34c3f9237a390f54994280c3e47e2effceb32ab5b11599d5177a798e78
font_02_sfnt_off000134ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1