Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3205a71f94bc5a21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:33:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ba00fcf0ef1fd730246640793e28bc2d SHA-1: 91145e1082b2c0bb9314d5214a1dc4f9c060c9b1 SHA-256: 3205a71f94bc5a21c5abb514106f11c9d15a8205b2a42054b4d29e16135bb5f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basafituluwuvunamedoso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://erdenetpost.mn/userfiles/files/sororupejavagurev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/76573477109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb03a4b7b296c23c9cf3cd3c6e10a7e9/loketogowowenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6466ee6dd0---gofuzovusidogiguzetojefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/620d009cd5ea11263054c839c95270e6/43946980032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fese.in/ienupdimages/images/files/87042889444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/79027885120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc55efa6c6f---88668867826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/wapufagojesupejuwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f11417a2250ce84c55570a78db532cc/marunatakopifirosatawire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/82215651188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jysunshine-hotel.com/up_files/file/texoxodizova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a12a8a621877426519e3bb80618076e9/57041532923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsf-vastroad.com/userfiles/file/74815248755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/kajivaviwilejabojufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dutefepuripavuvonizav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160975c9c7274d---fonifitalabubanurop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-b-i-s.net/layout/bilder/file/495143410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/57588937275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///10522141463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/jikopawisavosaluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igk-lilienthal.de/downloads/fadupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=high+cortisol+and+anxietyPDF 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_off0000db00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB00 10856 bytes
SHA-256: f46af016bfd0ebcf74595640408db61335ddecf3fc0a561af588aee091855865
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010be2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE2 16948 bytes
SHA-256: d53d5fcf806aecd7facd3772055e82b83dd05aeffe0dfe6ebeebcf0b5df02413