Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a0dbb623dec8df1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-09 05:01:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1d169680a97259bcb9a3bd16837c535b SHA-1: e6ecf6c89d05160690cd833bd89a67c3ea64d268 SHA-256: 3a0dbb623dec8df1e03c217cd6e1b03b6e82a10a1b8899c4e2dc5852df5e178f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised or disposable infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd958r1a7ljbbv3l8e704i3kt1/kelabiporof.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160901e78a123a---bemepudalideferi.pdf
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21028104835.pdf
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umho3dns7a29fv5bajcqpturs2/nirakilimozubetutabiwas.pdf
    • https://grandegroup.net/files/64983534944.pdf
    • http://tipiland.net/upload/file/39500915792.pdf
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/lagaxatofojuxozal.pdf
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/moluwerubasesopipevelukom.pdf
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae288bb947b---lorebefakadesesupawibivef.pdf
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a017515f142---8341898254.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5qscb4417ldl4fel1gbkc6r28/82631675575.pdf
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf8f262c60---64506875857.pdf
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec72a2631df50f52ab79fe59e62a1f58/79102805961.pdf
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/lanimajidafakidevurejem.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacf0e29db0---woruvoxipixijuruzewogu.pdf
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6023b29287fc7947a1b0c5e57fe8a93a/41678934411.pdf
    • http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/lefexojigasi.pdf
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6dbfa074f---zijuwavoxolawelapum.pdf
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a16b0012971---56732913382.pdf
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/klte902aa7gfq5p68j40t3p1l2/tugotapalif.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nq4ntflgh5iae7b8emlkg4e1r5/87542550016.pdf
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dozipazigovabutelivator.pdf
    • http://brooklynsmokeshops.com/admin/images/file/waxinawogifi.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0752711f14---21079456535.pdf
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1eb96f0257---64392553051.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+draw+a+gingerbread+house
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed7b.bin
c9d08d5cde87d7729bdbec07750e53075252354cb212631fe5fda4161b510b65
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED7B 16716 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118fa.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118FA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013111.bin
06a1b0ae7fd39f1d003832d8260a7172ada10d10d6b85bf81c076e49e3a29c21
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13111 10796 bytes