Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3935d2591840dc01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 01:11:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 93058bf1a69405caa7642aaa7d08d3ed SHA-1: 2497ec85be9f55688f5ea377b09397d63447cd8c SHA-256: 3935d2591840dc01d49325531e1ebd2ce77df0f72bab5ce56a125bdc3fea792e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for obfuscating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/lumawaxodiwaxogumiwilula.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c0a57808f6---65750097370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380851e1953---55438938910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop/contents/xewuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsafar.ir/basefile/tsafarir/files/fitimifunogezobamejunikod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejovepowubonugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoscm.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9178678401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gedalutefosovologul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/33074527716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbypet.cz/files/file/51096240488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1cc04ca94---69037202722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saopauloairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vumeloxutojoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shijijiaming.net/filespath/files/20210907110319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/62668280075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakkersvlaanderen.be/resources/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/0/files/powusufosipifusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majorpropertygroup.com/userfiles/files/2202666457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spotiverify.com/ci/userfiles/files/kojigasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8lk595qehug1lb921g4f42c9b6/nimiponozujelejufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b97746d14a---69908454495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a75d9cebde---zedozuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/boniluzevepegibukoledade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpholding.ru/uploads/files/wulitunidupegetezewowido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/91708962400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=popcorn+time+on+android+phonePDF 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_off0000e96c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE96C 10564 bytes
SHA-256: fbec7e5c901d2bcc5c5fa0fa20ba73e3732a696c0e52f8cc78e63f8f65dead10
font_01_sfnt_off0001014e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1014E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011960.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11960 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 7569c6876037eeafa848df7d43211c5731174473acc3b3569727860776624ee8