Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3c0826ded2e12fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 00:38:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2fdffab158a75a460c958537366c9fd6 SHA-1: efb85222e86858ab6528cdca3340537ca58d1e91 SHA-256: e3c0826ded2e12fb6202f063411645757226449ea2046402c5e0f4c9592dd493
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of a 'download' button lure reinforces the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://zhouzhuank.com/v15/Upload/file/202199181666118.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4b07e6f759b4665d589592ce862ce65/veragovusiridotegegosal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officinedesign.it/userfiles/files/foxeriferawupuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149178de7615---dujinasibeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.larche-de-jules.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givavuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnshoppingbag.com/upfiles/file/16430871046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/puwijozulena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/2361818019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantanalmsnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/madifanuzedari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/figexixenakoripibutafojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-venci.com/uploads/pages/files/68367847535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/9817828613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614973bdab2ab---7062194250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136645a76f52---54265072884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asia-test.informacittadino.net/media/files/24436484319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/towixilopobuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/85723793796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intelekt.biz/uploads/pages/files/98568401797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecniagua.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/raxewusikafipinak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614885bf45903---mejagupososubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pokereshop.cz/data/file/51500995204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=idm+silent+installPDF 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_off0000e2e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E8 18780 bytes
SHA-256: 795fe276c6f4cb70359f9c3fe87b0897770b3f4036371cf583a5132aa5898402
font_01_sfnt_off0001143b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1143B 10140 bytes
SHA-256: d51023f740bf12ff41e1c108283e15898a7f9adc8e392b01dc0d9ea1223881f2
font_02_sfnt_off00012ad3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1