Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3546dfd4262ed311…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 16:13:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 50e8837d2db4395c31424abdaa89e966 SHA-1: ac90ffe2f9df135411e26535c406797c8c1e105c SHA-256: 3546dfd4262ed31193d93d18c896724953b8fe0ea9b2479d01a9cb5890bf8b65
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or exploit vulnerabilities. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/1755264900.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/32911873399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee61174bb6---55969158525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bce17bb8f---53072015186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dff331defd6d3918a43e0530af92c230/womapojen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074bda5e980d---67880906510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/89454518739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchung7.com/upload/file/37525412792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab698949da1---9237608981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acae9a9b9f---45527027236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthanhdat.vn/Images_upload/files/87578404642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05a757fbf8bfd12d0f2e4da270aa0cc6/tozonodupupebupaginifunar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/bafosamuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f34enni66mh927m4kg7jk686cc/lupukalaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/sipilir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/83322939190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7v1scl4grjt6n10mq3th217ejl/40548588279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/jivolatonobowebeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/lawuxurefupekato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f36e3c725e---nufozikilutijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/26403142974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/4688675676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2ed4741e1---87951721485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzgks.com/userfiles/file///fisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=comedians+in+cars+getting+coffee+lawsuitPDF 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_off0000f09c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AE 17560 bytes
SHA-256: ca11b6cea777c55a64057e63282e8257722cf028ff39638dfa2c17d1732e9358
font_02_sfnt_off000136e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136E9 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 4cce4760139ef2815f56852d7c357548952619d72ace08576ddd696d3dafa990