Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3530c7fdcfe1a41c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:32:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b12e86261be2a034616f035b9ae89824 SHA-1: 2a7538d021fca3546d537e9efe39a4197d8970e2 SHA-256: 3530c7fdcfe1a41c519a24b20db2cbfb9eac35e7653807c7da481f31689e766b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to download a second-stage payload or redirect the user to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/660dd4e94db1c5aaf0892f6edd232cac/wixoragisosikel.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/275b6d71e8a145eed2591d7cd5108c53/mijisuwogulimefetaxilor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16380325075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd6e82d62b5---wotekiririzotelapago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///47812354382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/tixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tezerwatch.com/file/upload/files/08-25-05-02-01-68.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/penekuberoratokowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c21b24ee565a9279b8c4d59fe82c0e93/2210439707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/vekipowufekatojibuwarik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5000805a740675d0f0ff838d8494a480/nemivodozogisuburupeliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cb311667e---vowenegaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a60935f346---52823992208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736b4ee0274---77570516442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfmaccounting.com/webroot/img/content/files/rufupubuxidanetosiruruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/85588649515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89c32740f8d65f9afbafb163f8ae1ca5/79088376130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83ff2a015c900132be6307d95ffb7a26/56664416344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vutubamomugukaligozaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/395480ef9a249f3cc5d07d7ce49f0be7/muzekadisijuserokofigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayzerfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/08/08e2d5bcffca37c2e1a82d364f4296c6/File/30190845108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/11471326654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cfa378504---99141810776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+add+watermark+batchPDF 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_off0000c99e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC99E 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 986bd77efa08d1655f01fe828ab42a3c70fa1ec3a5743e10f81f4a8f4171d30a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9C1 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 7b9d70325296115345049104c70d38bad9628c0ce5779a3b47cafbb4ed80c67a