Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3672729b146a0523…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:36:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e8bdfca44b9d553458383b0839e08301 SHA-1: ee113403162d572c32cd88930fb9d6578014d72d SHA-256: 3672729b146a0523dbe13dd6935bd34d190eac63ffee16f89cfac833d96e259b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is commonly used to redirect users to malicious websites. The PDF also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=doterra+breathe+vapor+stick+pdf
    • http://ohadalegistrocbarter.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/pefozotawiwamimamawarozoj.pdf
    • https://dom4m.com/userfiles/files/desiful.pdf
    • http://smm-mm.com/uploads/news_file/dotuzupexunawutu.pdf
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e3cac8646---vevedawokevosetu.pdf
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a7729ffc7---92935063366.pdf
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/5733769132.pdf
    • http://espokebar.com/uploads/files/saseruwovuvujuwivu.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7241f7c50392d97ea8cb962023005ce/19605292994.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b06f46d9c---73267149337.pdf
    • http://unesco-mediain.cz/fckfiles/file/fafiriporadezan.pdf
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/35837582559.pdf
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/sudapugomutekomi.pdf
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gfdgjpl0152c2nb743gmri69l/lukez.pdf
    • https://peoplesmodelinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96746831519.pdf
    • https://funbugs.ie/userfiles/file/wijejoga.pdf
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9e407f334---fofesitufuxasilof.pdf
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764100b5d1c---netisaduxo.pdf
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79e1090d7b9212b37ba0c4cf46c18565/befijoromanorosimonas.pdf
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/mamibepirowukiramabekiwa.pdf
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/solezevirosenita.pdf
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69cb45867623a0b4eba48962cbf446f5/43212770693.pdf
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/316d43ab1dec26daf9f82d0464d59881/17033987670.pdf
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/49126571011.pdf
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/79850704311.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000daf8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f30a.bin
be0e0ff05fd428c1bbb8c5e0cfec921f86e7dc4c7451ef70517248c0056e107a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF30A 21636 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012beb.bin
acb9640dbb53b6b8acb41c0de4b574674a4a10e63592f672d20da40e0d016e3b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BEB 10868 bytes