Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a376b982a5981c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.9 KB Created: 2021-07-31 16:01:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f9e71d102528339bd8e7fe3d7cb6962b SHA-1: 257599b4c74d6a89df8d195f60c27de43e446573 SHA-256: 3a376b982a5981c7badc546b33808712a3e92a7f0f9738f43b6f220ed8e92e27
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking malicious links, potentially leading to further compromise or phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=funny+roblox+ids+2021 PDF link annotation
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0c057e19e7---39784404021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/piramofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8b1371fdd0613fca4524eded85b06db/tozelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/mepupofedavuwafipetobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/99898077892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obb3rfqffltma8ol1su1lnnc03/18553437517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/21785734941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c82f5a759a---gekegexusuvajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotacri.com/userfiles/files/vemirumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osrclass1967.com/clients/8/84/84e84eb3bb32f45446e669e24fea3ebc/File/somobiluvemosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuakeobinhduong.com/upload/files/piliwenogusafamaguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiendadelbordado.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butidodebomupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cad5c977e6---32829782837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4b044cd61---nezinuzopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/negiresub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/67929753509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tndvn.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61539909876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a83abcf23d6f7b43f5fdc51cf87f9d62/23568043821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///rikegizivowinexamakerofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2eb31ec91---44926287608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/sijipijazelewomuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/xubat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca8703dd33---muwuwikoz.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_off00013634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13634 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 181c0070c75d958fdbd9e9b19d192cf07172d8dececad723e7289f6af147c2bc
font_01_sfnt_off00014e6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E6A 17876 bytes
SHA-256: e6aeff9f28d856ed4b97453acfddb096ba31da4d7bec8286d82cd5c337c6a50c
font_02_sfnt_off00017cfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1