Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3887dbc092282d6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-08-16 06:21:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6a09304ccf74ff798338d820da69c033 SHA-1: 0d9816d79f001e381cfccaf9352d2cc8bf41a087 SHA-256: 3887dbc092282d6b768b92448b9d985346fa9fa6f9aa368cf4a08b41c9c64b14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with a critical detection of 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple URLs hosted on potentially compromised CMS uploads, indicating an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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 http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6456d49409---24116483873.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c588b9cab---dezodove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/41381472898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/rujajarasutunivadutadizok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7fc938fa9af926b9146878f6e8d6f40/xewameso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7540f94278---94884830671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072338052a51---bolopebimivawonorap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/310f0ab050fe510ad6fd8c6bc6737b48/farizoderi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47197867282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/3249746764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///nonagejimigoruxowofuzori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borgopitti.it/userfiles/file/45707279773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609242398b2f8---53544406045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkaufs-akademie.com/userfiles/file/66625137709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rcl99upcq899tmeebc3mec32q0/61701111417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littlelightnepal.org/userfiles/file/wibonamupikelusolugixuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aaa6aa2a6---femikulilaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4c7d9dceff43b2c7d9fc630b7f8809f/99835723951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/334e82dc962d9020d0fa32ecb50e4efc/5555922622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/jejesabokosamax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76fa73a4a0ae1f7f2b9550ec4a8b0ba7/xuzinizaseratapivederi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/9815280589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/xabewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a47965bed---73864292851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de8c9773db3---robanikati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumisaedu.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210724_CB9E465D6183B386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+tell+if+something+is+redox+reactionPDF 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_off0000d64b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD64B 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 5f6aa8de306c318d16bb03a9d758f02506dd7c395df38765656a1a86b722247d
font_01_sfnt_off00010434.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10434 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 3955f293f829cbc88acd7152cfc348bc40a955927f96564e25161af0a2ae8c12
font_02_sfnt_off00011dbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1