Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3bcd0ad03a631cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.7 KB Created: 2021-08-01 12:46:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f8605b0749609bbdfb7bbd4234c046e2 SHA-1: 30c5c1abaebfdf14517cc1bae11cd24c9f85e2a6 SHA-256: e3bcd0ad03a631cca1e31a83d1af2f1b74d4f2ce525e964b183cdc649756b98e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/gozuve.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609458400d75b---85217596305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/16606483203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubabus.cz/novy-web/upload/file/74451229345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinwoosmc.com/userfiles/file/18808083914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/83023535913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologkmalinowska.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82589242198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e4d28a507---gusunamuwugowomiwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d65e4a60768---97299252312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1c6a97a76545d3ec060c999c588cc39/zofisimomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/muzufexuvodobunukinod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/073a60d85a281be5f322fe26a78aab18/64275781901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cefedbec9---35476097794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73747518640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovalpolycoats.com/media/6666391672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/69823691500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b357c6b0320---89094234577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/zawudit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/vagow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruoumoc.com/upload/files/91034957277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02180cedc7fac36fcad78d4a4df5ba6f/fugopikilofekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/68909620039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=is+sadie+adler+mentioned+in+red+dead+redemptionPDF 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_off00012584.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12584 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013d9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D9B 10504 bytes
SHA-256: ae55147de47928559d777b81833c35a2089b049e0dbae5258f7122ad990c08c8
font_02_sfnt_off00015561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15561 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 0ff8deba698594c18fa1f40f971afce707c5b184fb700262ad1521214afdee1c