Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3645b3a733d8e1f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 05:26:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9505153bd46bd3911c78387a396c3ab0 SHA-1: 19a7aac5f564ba59360609bf15c8955567ea53a4 SHA-256: 3645b3a733d8e1f4e36b5dd016d42b85779a1cf5dbbffcb336d15157c3a3265a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://parisnordmedical.fr/docs/file/76723090125.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0a614504156563a2539fc728018676c/gatojukajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vongtaytramhuong.vn/upload/files/nomivolunuzijunuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/mawewujanifelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senarathgroup.lk/assets/media/file/94756564878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc0d5766e3---74927277163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/46258098154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revucue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jokitiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/95698621936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23600077782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73lqlhreef1fpkmo0ud9rg51te/32207955506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce6807431dd3b8c0ec251d0b46e2a514/sudijopugesunukabel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/sujiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morpheus-architects.com/file_media/file_image/file/27537892634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ride.hu/images/uploads/files/83729960471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esvigo.com/upload/files/47451331774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/tezofolitatukupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/19724916163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cemeba.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/gatinojerisajozur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316a390393e---turijatuwenemuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec14a40b7e---wezerasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matharu.ae/userfiles/file/xitetekixaluvuxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.com/filespath/files/20210908040700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=fortnite+item+shop+free+skinsPDF 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_off0000ee6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE6B 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 1219324d83ec49a87674abdb65cd9955b9a5c84c5d75ac91c09d5e7935fede14
font_01_sfnt_off00010605.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10605 21076 bytes
SHA-256: 0dd6bd8d6c454d4e8ce3141080a66ee6fc78945f6a5731f145d6db0b7b7a00d4
font_02_sfnt_off00013e96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1