Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3559d89cd321340e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-26 01:18:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 843ac43197a3761160a6e68f9e7dcc25 SHA-1: 37c2e44851d6d19dc1eb37ffdeee7c2d76030ba1 SHA-256: 3559d89cd321340e8710d65fbc995cb9b8237b7793e80e3d09221e6a01ab61f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/juburupuxuzujowofutikimej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/kivevibufirajipeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/37376519808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/82435930176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608470f024818---giwekanowogumitadigizumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da7111f1fe21c00161a89d0b5280a2b9/5957233182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhledtran.com/luutru/files/nirobugisizoremezupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ce9b7be9eb4178aa2fa3ef63bae0049/60151078177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0552503a01---semurezudesogumivusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lktv0a05egu2lcmao4qbjmqj0f/sokijezufelar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-foundry.net/d/files/bidanuxiwuputevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8db81dc894c71ebd4f9b8bf04927fc52/24965437040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernitznigg.at/files/nesogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ee6c160c0---25075306517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/880eargm5gni6bufsv8opmua52/rodogafituxewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608540489f3a2---29788539109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/544a1de21a4becaa639cf57cc751f29b/42116529132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamicyunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kazerojedixipirozosaxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/vokabugupilurefeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c37b76f6aaa907f8281516823708baf4/bawefemifawezolinafena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/lanifafazej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/dekinosozudesavit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9758800692---vilitaliguxiwinuwimal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/27578330086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bb6f1d333---90875382991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=mapa+cognitivo+de+aspectos+comunes+en+wordPDF link annotation
    • http://www.cst.rnu.tn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gavixoguv.pdfIn 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://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_off0000e8b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B0 11056 bytes
SHA-256: c477ff0741d78d5a2cf289028d348966579e6fde15a1967bc763eddd67539336
font_01_sfnt_off00010250.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10250 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 4750e325c6a9f30dc262061504cc5e8e0f2bf34af9d547d5ffcbf6b6b29c0af1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1