Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3408a0a3a3370b12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-11 12:33:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: ddb1a1ce9ef2a606a1188c5194e47bf2 SHA-1: a558ea7aad8b1a646e82935818a5957085b33f87 SHA-256: 3408a0a3a3370b12d733a4223939854ecd87cad9f0897a49f9306afd44ac019f
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+oldboy+eng+sub PDF link annotation
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/89263981621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalaichau.com/files/2604181811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754f3d4ffc2---kodoxiriguxekilulino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf21d7f3bde---32763762366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9b7dd8e2d---70009698926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608372eb64cf7---99841632524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/77518606393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c574b9fad6ad6dde82dc97d53ef19a05/xukifobijajebusoseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a59df17423ae5e68e675a06ff934d2ab/26069585273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9df7e5ed6---13023262524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0f7206222b6248d436a2d06dbaea2fa/kelagafawojanifukerugeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada2095d2d6---lopuwosozadut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce5cbf413f---wokarovaropox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c81ee259ce---10145830410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/pusunub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmaloney.com/clients/3/32/32eae1a42220421eddab78da2f55685d/File/58831366662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831e829db1f---40048931602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/rigekemufusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6opfg1tvbnq55u1oa8umqfs7n0/basejunulenapituxufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6f5fd75c7---serulemadorosow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fe65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE65 4156 bytes
SHA-256: cf9dd731406853593fe6a5e1295f43e09113054ee75a233a1bc46c450ad05e5a
font_01_sfnt_off00010d4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D4D 5360 bytes
SHA-256: 9685b26b08491253989b72cfd06acb4e986566534c2eb7b123f115ad66a4678d
font_02_sfnt_off00011f97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F97 11612 bytes
SHA-256: 0c3428137256e3ffb0b41281632d155626b884394180d98428dd72acda0c547a