Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3289e90604cf6be4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:05:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1c8410df2ec1143300d8096b192ed76f SHA-1: 9cab689887df9a416202857fe3ca0371229d0dfb SHA-256: 3289e90604cf6be439e40c218a5b41848747ff613a56bcf3eb4a76ff453ff3c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate redirection or further malicious actions. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm to distribute potentially harmful content, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eddf4d56b7f---lefazepum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/87330691487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aa2e52eea---15630478602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612551df79871---xoxemenan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/carbbpt6mm664tp5ebtpo4rnn4/potelobova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rjkhnkgm8bk6dsqcnvua9arq9/tusapisurowusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hihj1rhcoeeatl6t1g30kk4nud/fobelezujezugidizadogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reneenicoleevents.com/clients/865995/File/85625308238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/82794207073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piri-piri.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dulapixeguru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92ddcb3852ca35cb0d9d1e97e2d8f1c1/15362707174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/8652491442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsiaoying.com/userfiles/file/derodomitiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ojr9as1n4208kg2kn15stpnbpm/82235630292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uco-kampen.com/media/files/23543732606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xujafot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be416473513---92037600122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34gkfq9flj3m4dr072cl9k7eg1/5162921326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/55321878749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59225059490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/jixuxixom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qol5rs74rglfci61kuvqtuoec4/34079148193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775a42bc2d8---revosoraxabadikugekuwami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a85d90024---21316755625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858471496cf---nagofekonevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=warshall+algorithm+for+shortest+pathPDF 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_off0000b956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB956 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d16d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD16D 10696 bytes
SHA-256: c165d5decc46983ca74530e446e3aef0fdde0fbcdeee182c658069d622b9eaa6
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F7 15116 bytes
SHA-256: 577c5394abea8a87a3efef2608ad556fe213eb0ee67e03fc529b3ac4f4e6ef59

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