Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3544b3ca39dc42c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:55:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: e5e8687a6496d44ceb950496c1e4af0f SHA-1: 9dda1645433d06da991814d20253ccb4fae9bb08 SHA-256: 3544b3ca39dc42c21c0bc78d1bdcfc5c0b918500d1d457f8deeeba6e9b82b1fb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://archiw.gbpopatowiec.pl/img/upload/files/bawuvasi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn----0tbbbfo0f.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/larurejamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aerotechgroup.ru/img/outer/files/jinumisiwebazijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/jamazikebifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilegt.mn/userfiles/files/22594833358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d09c6db3d453d420def9cee59c5ae25/21237032050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhitienvuong.com/uploads/files/raborikudizipeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350a0d28e01---56954733761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintniklaas.kinderopvangpimpeloentje.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38964822432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/bogedujisonogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ce3c02751---duzenomufef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e33e631a394e85c72b451314937b5c1/37680288078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafiestadelmoto.cz/files/file/ligofabinesegulugixupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8459723b8---64149286554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/difobafuruvatijerevibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clerus.hu/files/file/14488129912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfc7b119bddcf99303ed656d48b2fa8f/gozaxusidejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anneadamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kofuderul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/82943053494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kovare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143ee97d8243---16085479751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_C48536AF8009D57C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/13537806620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gogift-it.com/userfiles/files/92623651706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=fun+things+to+do+in+minecraft+survival+with+friendsPDF 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_off0000ea17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA17 11152 bytes
SHA-256: b6d3259932351755f65b83a795f2c5de82530f284c581e3975f0a783d33ade60
font_01_sfnt_off000103c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C4 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 75c98c740f7b7e99d9f6b6ae9e0f84e58f928650ff1edcf55211dc30c588f81a
font_02_sfnt_off000130ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1