Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3857e20ac372dab6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:05:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0e07e09d4a4847f9415d1cad2fae21c6 SHA-1: 78726ea72759c82b5542a0160e5cec009afcd347 SHA-256: 3857e20ac372dab60a2cbd5c6f9b8c75be5647e4618a59c94170819f10a41c2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+hunter+hearthstone+2020 PDF link annotation
    • https://cubic.is/userfiles/file/51864783524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrs-edu.com/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/mukijerazipiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodzlomu.com/userfiles/file/84871798111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/megerovejutubiwinumubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipomifadetez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/91467852051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/80086384439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/67626168164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614032d3e2a04---14235747669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/73089589778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trineckevzdelavani.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34347903088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/lixatimabefapanasita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kietminhrivet.com/upload/files/badoniwuwawanop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/78266345456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416251c3367---mozapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclub.org/projects/achievemore/admin/upload/fckImages/file/kuwogezidusifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gcsiva.com/files/userfiles/file/bekodewepelawawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147ac158c21d---defepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nstyapi.com/resimler/files/68096884304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f564875e97---luxabodimajowezun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidropro.hu/upload/fokonabezifogekarofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesrimaudieres.com/images/uploads/file/65190127084.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

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD606 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE18 17200 bytes
SHA-256: a9b4e89b0af38800e15b39202fa8dddc7beb1b2767854b81a351da72cc8ed266
font_02_sfnt_off00011a74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A74 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 810c96fcebc64db55553aae2761940a672a82dd90f8871d0e93da443765d68b9