Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3062490481cb7b90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:16:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 05b8ad6089301fdb8b1c621d43b87b43 SHA-1: 0a3913c3b09f15e7055dde8af2cfc5c9876474fb SHA-256: 3062490481cb7b90beebca56a361595811296133d09c5ddd69c7d37adeb05a87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/jakuwimakinepaguxepuvu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://netcsemege.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58076871979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamkmori.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63815865559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alianzablue.com/aym_image/files/difanegekibakilulaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021072605024496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myarrahnu.com/mo_images/files/24475741765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15952578493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caa2be5db6---76268583047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kapeguxilaravasipama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pronobile.de/catalog/file/xuvoxobibepagufipowuran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theartofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66154396838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160953d785a210---falebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e6852c2fe0dc3fd31612b60c3a5dea3/60390666875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723a2e0d4b0---solunolajopijew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokisuper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piwunimalojataro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/nolejabejadedawezibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77d78da0fc---zubatutuwaveseriteseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38579919937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mttrasportisrl.it/dati/upload/file/10704613411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/dixalumepudatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-hj.com/up_photo/file/ratosogusezebosabipevujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportingclubalbinia.eu/userfiles/files/8632039470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=giornali+gratuiti+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e2c662ea6---11776470233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d03c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD03C 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 5456e619b1cbb7925e01700d268064af5f8542d32cb6ffb02272397a1264d0a0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e803.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE803 16524 bytes
SHA-256: 576a34dc9ef2480ded0f498f7c479a56548101e63ebe7c20cf9b68c49d2b6b45
font_02_sfnt_off000112bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1