Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3644b6ea7177ba77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:48:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2d60bebd00e2ce0634069cf628e95b54 SHA-1: 9232b6a5fbd5362b0c968e65c7956efdce4170aa SHA-256: 3644b6ea7177ba77b178fffcc672aa07087574d65f7a2bf5a99d87e878af9c70
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to 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, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or further exploit the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=proofreading+worksheets+for+third+graders PDF link annotation
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/009ec3f9103a7e6b34c77e1372bc5c6e/17303532606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termocasasrl.com/file/12216661917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b65f99f90c---weramadotivomowarinoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d25044e0507---67422435287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082946174e4d---53887023663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611aa7d9cf8f6---63695726905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/depolix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779240e11fd---kaxuvadusafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepsforstarlight.ca/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/finipin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3ea3195d07ea4efec52b508e13bae8d/gobewijozulaziregex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80age2amlc.xn--80adxhks/pics/images/file/59954063756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/41008957451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-fonika.pl/upload/file/75905125524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jf-orvalho.pt/userfiles/file/84563573909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc0ebca03265287d33a7db1167d9b3c0/fogujazozezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160784a3a484bc---jebasatijuwozemutirezofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korzayithalat.com/spot/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/bujusikafagatupabikuveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/segevoxikefeloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5e6fda7ef8634bb13f2cffdc8474746/gogepaxigoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5i869nppa7v472fl7sco5o1c1/jimuvexos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8mm6a6mjvaggpt8qi7ha72890/xexarojometixivelafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7243203372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/86898363617.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_off0000ce36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE36 16996 bytes
SHA-256: 7e30b56e642a5cd5fcce07788134e5df94058b8b29a5120daf0e7f0d3ed668a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000111b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B9 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 9474124d31295867fbf9fe5b2b0d92c4a6a012810b84b95c5e692f827c67a5ec

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