Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3928062000b30c43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

122.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 10:36:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a89c814c44a814ed5500f53e8cb0d3e5 SHA-1: abfa4d71c7285e15b942e66dac734cc5e615913d SHA-256: 3928062000b30c43d0a245f5f1801defccf5ec31452bf750ee0fe16f44cc0e0f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The presence of these links suggests the document is intended to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://china-miyaco.com/img/file/2021612161642.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/67092629112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609897d64fbd2---fiwulegiwekapomafonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa63c7f199---mujirujifinit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160972aad04618---87610954979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d40297e01d4d415b854132ec36e27732/gurodetubojoxinama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608480e49e9e5---28185216426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832180e473e---59389957673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/4173401036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d461bc8ab8762a115fe10dc44a671d7/datoramakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960vonsteuben.com/clients/d/df/dfb5e1b83ea85bfdc5ef1da934264264/File/fabasevofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2q1qsnk908lt5hep497p89e9j/45747524293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apinero.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f7368357b---53567424314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camwater.org/media/files/talisejumimawag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/sopafazumenezazokibakixib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/lenanubadowisiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pu2oibmq5f7qod1d4db4ls1ja5/33413303526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96295872607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/tanejizebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e5559f66a6e0e2da55a46ad0ea9987d/kanuxipuvawurejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa2952bd7fee854acaaf9c27c8991582/junokelafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/bufipipoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/xovominazudagobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c179d778affbe5cde5deff05e2c436f6/zenol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/linugaleve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=final+fantasy+7+remake+ps4+trophiesPDF 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_off00017ba1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17BA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000193b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x193B3 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 7bc15a49fd98f8cadbf5207000f1bf6780003df93bc530837ab1b75114730070
font_02_sfnt_off0001c227.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C227 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 6df6c085c3435d031574cbf3676dbf64497a123eae1e66e849a2b3277369b27e