Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3256dbe89ce394bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 12:37:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1496955175d1a1cad712401ad63fa6dc SHA-1: b58c05ae697df855b5ad89cf6321e4e4d23315ad SHA-256: 3256dbe89ce394bfeeac881a6eb6f9e3f62b6a36adf5e28a5837704ddf2f83c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm with numerous URLs, several of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chinese+worksheets+for+beginners+pdf
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents/files/vapebitejowakat.pdf
    • http://sukhonthip.com/file_media/file_image/file/regetaloxugurewujonawura.pdf
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b734ed7a31---jafirapazu.pdf
    • https://uslugiinzynierskie.eu/eurostyl/photos/file/32443924542.pdf
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/75598472091.pdf
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67876818571.pdf
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/30333474030.pdf
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c760db7722---fujade.pdf
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/borenigedepevopipojimi.pdf
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/48189247316.pdf
    • http://studiobaldizzone.com/userfiles/files/wifobujuwomerazevomuruf.pdf
    • http://viorina-deko.com/images/file/45088302746.pdf
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/wigerelobolajinexamafos.pdf
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31314001430.pdf
    • http://sage-chem.com/image/files/20210902_055219.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f7a72598dc9f786a1af1cdda67f0b5e/wetewiz.pdf
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/50232393568.pdf
    • https://terracell.pt/images/file/32679968652.pdf
    • http://weilandvloeren.nl/fckimages/54931722440.pdf
    • http://easyhypermarket.com/userfiles/file/gamirowimiko.pdf
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/suxidoziwadutumijojugago.pdf
    • http://stagelight.pl/userfiles/files/7825681769.pdf
    • https://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/pugaxopazanuv.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b3cb.bin
043f18c55a389d2e2853fab709b7a9c8bfda034790bc930fa2e26a19cde92a0b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3CB 17140 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e056.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE056 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f86d.bin
e4c16c22382fcedb76ec388f1b6395579369345b9b426387873d67c9477b25b6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF86D 10920 bytes