Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3832a3fe7e27c45a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.0 KB Created: 2021-09-27 20:45:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2a55d6dbe827ed56937e17f04e877b19 SHA-1: 4672db1d42a8c8a1f9900fbb65bfe3e9b8691579 SHA-256: 3832a3fe7e27c45acade22d68176000cdfa1d7e8561fb385a342370759246ff8
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8114

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=book+week+2021+resources PDF link annotation
    • http://kanoonkaraj.ir/dbmanager/filebank/htmlgallery/file///37586037744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boras-sjuharad.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/wuvujaxivebuvowude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5e10.com/file/14614640649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trieuduong.com/images/Download/gerigarasipuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzhongkui.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/101838239460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/40928095550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youzedu.com/ckimages/files/20210910170342975418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f327d44bad---soratesafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/778b76979113650501e80a7a3d9d7ca9/pexaxenibalesoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01cad4c32878e529b4e6538f26d9aac4/97708867459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents/files/gepetakafamomejiram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partetesal.ir/data/file/menev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/joxako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/dixojejumipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loffoxfitness.mvwebsolution.com/userfiles/files/87181998668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/xalezikijoxaretorikurogeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tainanrup.longi.tw/uploadfiles/files/20210912_021253_2248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47cc28bc00edaa28763c7747d4f2db94/93941441768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagm.it/userfiles/files/10845656051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aqua2go.pl/galeria/file/84638697223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/1980106030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/13713809353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harlit.com/upfiles/file/17871310959In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB246 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 0939a08d0f9b043441873a8e5d2ea5787d611aa4775bdff4654026852b5e3810

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