Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3343d2b42088a82e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 13:09:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f36585a500517fe07aa85ea4c2a36661 SHA-1: 8ec1707f1bdaf0bc6ffb931e3d459b9907a6922f SHA-256: 3343d2b42088a82e96fdc76d447fc09229c903534c0985e2246ae27d08adde37
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery via the embedded JavaScript and external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=positive+affirmations+in+tamil PDF link annotation
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65678bca485236e0a2c1c3b99e8b55f4/tamizajajusek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sixtyguildersresearch.com/admin/photos/file/94410970700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyliving.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomivikupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/mapox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjeclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwofimurujedilexojumak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/sivideridas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14qovl1cjnncjljar3k8gp3jed/jexidasetapavepujimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhopphat.com/uploads/files/guvuvovujevanutodomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/sufewixokubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4289473d81d1f2715a460cf16f3708f5/9488466163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h83v90rc3ruhu64l2ksvq94ul5/laduraregar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f76c00879---gobanifepetozijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e63f88009---lonadisaditogejisunisibox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/9258609995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b526a6590146825e168dedf449cdb6b2/jesubizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jt2hjphfhjh7dn4b7bimdbcl8k/vifowokuxobovile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ea494a162d---wikaverutewosub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc8675c1fea0af9de3806507fcc9c9c9/rupavuzapoloponuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f726d8645b---fipesadigex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/21007074577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddcd21943e0---muvugapidugaxiliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexconsulting.ro/webroot/files/media/30214845557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nexaberanibanumiwovaj.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_off0000eacd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEACD 10440 bytes
SHA-256: bc9cc51e1b98da3a33a02e697ab0c1356eaee56c36d603e5b19dda76918ad3c6
font_01_sfnt_off00010284.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10284 17224 bytes
SHA-256: 4a9baca290c96f67218d2dcaf278c7cafe29b8c7db7cc16a69902a60608334d2
font_02_sfnt_off00012f2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1