Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3730722b1a75b1fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:24:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c7a8b31b907bacad146b563d06559e4a SHA-1: f496e0196b824e602d5ea657f2e193c264a7e179 SHA-256: 3730722b1a75b1fc3722fda2643d13ffaea2190e36f42bb4a6ec46ccb4b5dfe6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95feacd287e15b538da3b4ea509f3b05/dobegiwurewo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/gunapulagixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/11430984567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/52936269578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takarasushimn.com/userfiles/files/88815562929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokozironokuzejibapoluna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basundharamart.com/userfiles/file/21579104045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099234b00254---45643156089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/13313352987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0764b3526aaf8ddd32a757b36ef60850/zifupupaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e050243d4ab---49015436203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161108583ac719---20341084849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotokerevefasuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emiem.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wugisoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okbilds7ckf11moj4c45q245dh/rakifuzoxevulolozetukid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b162ce8a56---xokakejokoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/wizofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witosejok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86m0k82dneo34bs9dg5asb26j7/55797635642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dda10785407dcd846c3d9f92b4dcbc3/62162262833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/48615380712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=capital+financiero+pdfPDF 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_off0000d8d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E4 16532 bytes
SHA-256: e8c7aa3265275514ffab03adeb5309d486bf406fa789eba90aa20e0162de21d4
font_02_sfnt_off00011bbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BBB 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 06f8683cc3fc82b6ce14b414f37c7c471b46a695cc8e529ce3affb671bac2cb2