Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3940017d56921eeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-10-14 09:59:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: af820bf24a163106f119f3a84ee58615 SHA-1: baca6677c29ef0b5bb9f19282b9223df07a6ddea SHA-256: 3940017d56921eebecef4ccad7b86f8f555924a45c6c250d4a7d962e20a7baf5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript 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 presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161306f932068a---15853010742.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sgicorp.com/userfiles/files/21178609437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://language-coach.pl/uploads/files/ruruwetas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/41814068680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-plast.ru/foto/files/zuwafitaluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.vn/uploads/images/files/tazugitetijekuzumixumeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b0412edf2f52a7396e60b126c67ad24/paborikazazozubakepuxumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155dd5988b47---gupisugoxazunegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potravinyav21.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kagoramaxexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigapilar.com/upload/files/vegilifiwotilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farashimirooz.com/files/taridupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/57654429535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/78096283947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/gelasugulijigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/14537946083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/51722059999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freestyler.cz/img/file/95601297304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161361e3ec2a04---gatuzafimurutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soosanfix.com/upload/fckeditor/file/43605859814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutranghongngoc.com/media/ftp/file/25607727545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63092528468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/86804452961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriramashramps.org/userfiles/file/96937655780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/95655485710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://96rangjai.com/userfiles/file/71228081417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/D9plVHj2VOU/uplcv?utm_term=a+synapse+includesPDF 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_off0000f1b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B4 19496 bytes
SHA-256: de70bb05847abf11cfe0aa6f3c5a2ada36eda3063f5ceabdc86e6ad3cc01961d
font_01_sfnt_off0001241a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1241A 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 81275c2fd5304447618f2b38b44fea086ee93a0e4c7d7d928971be5cbc68f852
font_02_sfnt_off00013bb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1