Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3844493095bc7928…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 05:49:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 69c578363aa8f3e524ca31b74e6f9f1a SHA-1: 90bfa67bc8b9657444b535184926d63ce3f312fc SHA-256: 3844493095bc79282ed80299a4720c349d157105c4cb18d136f4e890336b543c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, forming a link farm. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/90541327364.pdf
    • http://enjoyisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92972365674.pdf
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/zanajemume.pdf
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/58200866788.pdf
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/29943671873.pdf
    • http://goldenteriyaki.com/uploads/files/dusewarijadezotofa.pdf
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86098t01vr5bllo9tjm9jegs27/70169983908.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc1fa3473f---zopevifamamub.pdf
    • https://olboihorgaszto.hu/editor_up2/3852517719.pdf
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/96544828101.pdf
    • http://popmetre.com/news/files/gusagenowofatujeriweler.pdf
    • http://vandientuchinhhang.com/upload/files/15458544220.pdf
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/nidesaguw.pdf
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1209573a9d2cd56a700e762e4dabd5f2/ligum.pdf
    • http://kbautotech.com/board/datafiles/imagefile/53876081808.pdf
    • https://www.afoa.org.ar/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taxisufosasafolimulaf.pdf
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/43537078484.pdf
    • http://cctsw.net/whly/up_files/FCK/file/20210908_032933_113.pdf
    • https://agencement-menuiserie-var.fr/stockages/files/tozuwimolomejotuzavawera.pdf
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/59404428415.pdf
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/setowizibarelaki.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=english+to+lebanese+arabic+translation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f8f0.bin
d106f9a0d39984bfc65d609cfa7faa99c90e71795e87766a48c76d4c43917e40
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F0 18832 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001298e.bin
7e4eaed490d530e2b6a549fdd55111fca55a9ccda340f92c97f8ebe901b724ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1298E 10632 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000141d3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141D3 16792 bytes