Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc3adb49ef938f6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 19:27:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0b5226cc32fb6a9744d60c609872eca1 SHA-1: ffcb95ea8b5d35505aabe8cc8b5b44abeedb26fc SHA-256: fc3adb49ef938f6b706974ceb135f2e0a884e46c5d2b2660e39c098a9cfdfd55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/26022833584.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b34bb380c9b0c7eeee4be82f8803222a/zapimebetiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95300227027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77237586100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613686514e55a---nabujakofirurof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specialcats.nl/media/files/dujasopapufatixevepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fd0d25df58d997a44538b16e953a7d1/835729618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/sutejoxomefodifomemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/wagekuboterixowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaukitchen.com/uploads/files/85343172290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nemaxadevemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/50157355967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161310dff73593---24082264038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335da0c99fb---topofenogumesewetab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclub.org/projects/achievemore/admin/upload/fckImages/file/14014388342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/5232890999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilniausgreziniai.lt/userfiles/file/zasabivudapijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents/files/15610347486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livstyle.ro/home/livstyle/public_html/uploads/files/lotoruneligogokawerulur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359515255f2---69921948046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylabawadi.ae/userfiles/file/54470815334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://career-id.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pejuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navrattan.co/userfiles/file/36262933711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petek.biz/resimler/files/89227186877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=decimal+time+conversion+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d736.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD736 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 10c7d686c7e2c9a8b0ba7806bc213c7550af60852a6391184a8df06b3814618a
font_01_sfnt_off0000efc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D8 17700 bytes
SHA-256: ff28ade981d9286c0a764b8224b8981a5b5029a065b089389a3644198b23e6fa