Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3965b16a3e908373…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:34:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fecdae6b919d72f8f3e372bf8b3a55ae SHA-1: 1b126748888b88852669daf6d894a15111b00d13 SHA-256: 3965b16a3e9083731315cdb84b16b2258ba64b4833712f14a795f371a6ac8b57
164 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 upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to further obfuscate the malicious activity or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://neboskreb-irk.ru/uploads/userfiles/files/99095174286.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///36763893243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceb1c3c4ca6---kowelakesazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grotech.in/userfiles/file/20003881791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tb40216nuiv05boav0ihr4kdh0/repakonibizetimoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ee8d94e34d22b9d5f19b150ebfb5890/6403312419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5s0sb0s9p0d25vqbrttn87kt2/xosopefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/kenidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designclarf.it/file/sonabujadono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa50d8e4ab1---12792589013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50280360558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/xiwabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbf5c5fd6vnm84hu6jluub2t2c/mudidoras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fnbpn2di5b7lv72l507oil7uk/tivenalebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f64dde2a070ba14b065217710611f79c/60563899277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/nulejuvosozapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interstudy.net/userfiles/file/vazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/wunanuxibenasafosakakuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609113ce0c9cb---doronipolutefizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4be8f8a4f6d9f0c87b6318e051f5085b/38243990973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c37c1710239---98850051184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/fizepupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/57978560896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m18kcqjgsvn7neisanr9hpie7m/33645493367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/nugesigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=just+searching+for+answers+to+life%27s+big+and+small+questionsPDF 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_off0000ec77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC77 11420 bytes
SHA-256: dc898e44c22fdd94e98d06647892b8d04689ee2c3dad3a92daa1476ae54d332b
font_01_sfnt_off000106d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D9 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 875391242e46f99d1a51d5aae9a736e25482f50322d70d860cff8cf1c56a16f1
font_02_sfnt_off000136ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1