Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3791e3ee90313cb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:32:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b4f094fdfa8621f5e59f439a3d93f8dc SHA-1: 683ee9de8f19faec6e0872d90a823607dfe4c76c SHA-256: 3791e3ee90313cb0f579b2835cd811a1db428291d5fda191c818d6f903acfd72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates these links are likely part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a second-stage payload, contributing to the overall phishing and malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2845a32d819a8d3cb293e01155b175d9/lezomofobul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0a0ed9d66---bikodamazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c9e27a525---62390117205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a777412e59f---29296246706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8acb3705a---vanivuzisewawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7b52b7bbbc7c08c9385a9d7b119cf1c/rovixumogopoderopowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigandtallking.com/userfiles/file/66516136529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3fa119780---nalosurefun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49947e716a871226160cf5518998052b/84289587425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/zinawetufokegofos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cf8dbf99110143f36e79537e6aa6c18/gozipemafazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobsai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13544450823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvh615dk3f0kj1s65aq0mebs31/36602964280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9601384191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607192ea23170---robaranumoreregufitel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80an2aej.xn--p1ai/up/file/85148357913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68dc54ddbcc866adb29f8c201b83238f/1697333069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f34043cf22a0a9f674345c192a51efa9/vojuvuxobewubusosanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/babc87cb837be0c60059c43cc8cebd71/64548181651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/57952354676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841dbb7dc73---36694305429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8acc66becbf88f5f92c1a8a97c509c1/vasukalewoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/535ce0c5509d21b1eaf4689ad60b9409/fugoxunekufuxawug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ouqjopujmp1g8bfi12lma5n6ka/dularaxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac90a827f2b---damorobixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/63593731417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dialog+asking+for+repetitionPDF 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_off0000ecf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001050b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1050B 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 7678079e2451ee775d5e3b68bb94e69dd66ec35f393a545c6ac38fb8cbe0dc26
font_02_sfnt_off00011d7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D7A 17560 bytes
SHA-256: 4bb891758fdcc8d65a5483efdec7698a06e60d846d214981e60d7080ae938830