Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3424c66c78a0e68f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 07:37:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 3c5d2f363e69dc0c75b5c4edcae26cb2 SHA-1: ea8a46eddb71169e6eecedee69abc79995d68a48 SHA-256: 3424c66c78a0e68f127a3cd616051f85d06e44819acedabff6845a24b01f0a54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9107

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://4bx.pl/public/file/2534631752.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087694917dcc---58579808633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/91847326747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e442f56a0a16157d98d527636bcd75c/74791584322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b773c7125---mowefepemapidejevamuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36ac1da4feae32bf11f13e4dd16eac99/torinopujaredus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/143e58f9d4e7284be46c79c882252af9/vasavabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/bafokezojedesivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/newodimugutexawunupenefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae8eb226485---28886745802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/4926185611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/kazajatugusafetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6vcj0vh0v4ncc8vi5dvimtp50/66505755242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/tufoxagopesosamoravud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2a306b4a3---91863033885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a30ec2398b5566ec05168d5cb510cb6/musov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d8bb1a47d---vajapolemewofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1htamq2mte21rp5mv6uesmnn3/54059845662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/50645780251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609473e69cac6---lojutubewinunoxojapafoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa026ed84f2---70157546279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3tmjpnb9s1t35a9j8tv1kj912/39170631882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fddc64312c32dfb725b8b4a4eaccadd/rejoxurofirubozipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks-puyuma.com/CKEdit/upload/files/19211626676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b06b29719---vovukudowefufajula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70009da15eaebffc9b5a6c3b43ac57c0/73097360544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/14983971605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+longitudinalPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off00015776.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x15776 18848 bytes
SHA-256: a33dce42b9bead1bbfb9217dbdd4fb13d548f9b213442fdf90b855eb25b418e8
font_00_sfnt_off0000d77d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD77D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF94 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 4d566193db7afcddf174a8b9de9d8f3d642a7bd45bc8000ad4bd002f891824d4
font_02_sfnt_off000107aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107AA 4268 bytes
SHA-256: f508e2c48315b2cbd642a0659c6908a4eddae8f81128365e73ebf929af52dd7f
font_03_sfnt_off00011791.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11791 26144 bytes
SHA-256: 499f893ae761629cfe8d56635b3b89169ed1d43e77c3adfbd1f6bc7f687ec31d