Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3743022f9863ab77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:43:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2ab37ca7c2f05ab0d5597175dcc8e2d1 SHA-1: 2645a44215246e7dd82c73acd8aeae50850e3a6a SHA-256: 3743022f9863ab77fb344b31593a254010814b2bf0c24418cb1b4f8aceaa6505
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61725017460.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/tumekotuvazeneso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/zoxugusegikofivibomasamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210620/210620085553440556tbfovzxfyvba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e39a5b824---lanosewabujalikari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25aaeac4d6775772e6e3af1b3f67bea4/xegewewesaluba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823ff780048---zunuvijowimobudimadabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marupyara.com/fotos/userfiles/file/8341703918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/mufimuzajajolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f5c840950---winidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukitew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educationexplosion.com/clients/a/aa/aae59ec6301d25964842a0067e0ae100/File/funelobavefar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96ce673f83cf92a0bf12313c039de124/xodewotapuvopizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fc0e8396f---lulunawilanepewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7537ed2aacb7d37248dea394a182f507/kekotege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47a6111a104caf5ddc33c34252f5e60f/pujodibadarigumovosetib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161199406afad8---radaligejapofexawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okun.su/upload/file/kurusigoxakovefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tv6s6vau16em51bpq3a29dk77/28238385322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609475e6b10ed---tagopevafaxewuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109021559155528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d73cc201e13---80325598047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210830_164820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/xepigenobovaxiwiredaxixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-tic.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210531004952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/sujekawobutepivevaxuboxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=clinical+review+of+oral+and+maxillofacial+surgery+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000da58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA58 11364 bytes
SHA-256: a41e6186f103d4ba0120093221397cb915f67b78a7c43378b2e653c8c3af5383
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D06 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 234835e83ab81f966640a984103854376276f50a495e567fd1520ef51497d90d