Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3778c3437bd72106…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 15:07:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 31af775405a6d1c02eb5b46b0c7bb6a5 SHA-1: 451a6e0473cb4e4a9f34e14f111df15ee06abd1f SHA-256: 3778c3437bd7210641b0e279a49a1451c34dde1130a819a346e03cd8aef886a8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious actions within a PDF. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage trusted domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cricklewood+wanderers+fc PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c64715db8d169e52c31ba1a976aa3970/jutetogegepigodufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robuzinaledo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bea671f0b8---16426713546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/bejexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/97912815001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/kupopomujoditepexevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/kerikexerasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7b2b762ebe32a64c6efc9059461de89/12512094973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c736563852a---63061384056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da380d7702---10996782965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798b89395e6---14703785304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffkb02vd0hvgdhmgo01qtteiq7/82571649244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6udp9qvkvcm6q7qvj5coosm82/zugigetosab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betaempire.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/94992673486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/envegsm3t8u1clggg5lmb0tu8f/80473050845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1091226557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/novaburilovoxajesiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/gapuvowezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429143121385520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d25a23674---mukuvarevegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethelhanberryaaa.com/clients/2/24/2465ef4bb9bb1b7382310ae17d7cafeb/File/voxetapog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/bubilukeniruguzov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/49123259476.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

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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d422.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD422 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC39 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 6030b79abd6ecafef5ad695ff313567839c5d184fb18a1e8aeee97c774c6f570
font_02_sfnt_off00010489.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10489 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 99282331262090fe3fe671b8a9a7cec6f14d4f19b7742ef654732cfd7185cf35

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