Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a12a4d640cbda28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 22:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e36e1f0a606aa3cdaca4a9130a6fa4aa SHA-1: 4e11b40a4f7a9ffcb1d217e5c71fb7060df77d68 SHA-256: 3a12a4d640cbda28fbf1ab5495334c1fe995f21f648192d1cff616a9245e2ea3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to obfuscate the links or perform malicious actions upon opening.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=adjectives+for+girls PDF link annotation
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b62371565bbc6bac625258fe2e308e52/jevepedepajunodosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3264b24b5ff708bc4253710673ccb052/62878548896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c122ffd3614---30554643584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/23377440093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4c0935496---garakogotonomutib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podushka.by/files/files/tezutedawopamojulol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2c0psjiq7h3d587q7ebjdmao1/60363991803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/73153491198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tpirusa4l0ja6j97v8u217m265/82787867789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphambambi.com/webroot/img/files/66317453862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/279915ba2a30d60c0144484fb4c584b8/todivuneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3h272ullqtvhm5msqjn9332sn7/fenunetijudesufufekakaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0e426a710020de98abad6d512d765a2/98762574921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607684394862a---dudufufirobotabaxufarogus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078efd531f88---runokobuxunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/83436429732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/76561520137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbfc8ed5dfb---nurafomefasedaxutufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3654b0bd8f---rubesezekaxefubiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/42196512338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aibuca370d740hegpi2httub85/metebikilexunujib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070187f6a301---28175044998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0be5c3f62b8f88dec497f1989fd0e35d/35891144838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c91455caf3---84995806341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f2c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C5 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 3673d6755114dfc42ed713c39bed496452722e2db3746159027a06abcaa1b3f3
font_01_sfnt_off00010abc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ABC 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 3458f3b36a5930919ef8f8a27f687320fe81a7e590291dafde4f9034dd720e39
font_02_sfnt_off0001374b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1374B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1