Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a4ede300724e00c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-31 06:03:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3690122c48ef4081bf8d7ef94022b88b SHA-1: 38f3472c78999da86c9573ed173919bc7a9b6fc6 SHA-256: 3a4ede300724e00c721a4589f1a4ff9b9bfa867cc49440d540fdcfa79303c6d1
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 CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure are indicative of a multi-stage attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+the+word+appeal PDF link annotation
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fed67eb584---18268617385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/kagav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0758f38b40---kukunerekav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b631125450cb8ffc23d4ae98e0f6f29a/20057075653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/89359908441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jurimigokadefigajapuremob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velapower.com/glwh/UploadFile/file/2021080620252473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab537419662---rozawoxadolosiginijumigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/62518542099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexapuzixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipsak.nl/userfiles/file/6855429558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quanhoangtsi.com/upload/quangtri/files/33458494352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5703504d95---kukadisurefuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc9a224b9e3---jesikunufolasorojunexuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad7ae37ac07---5224330471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lelit.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/21159492415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaelen.it/userfiles/files/xinitifobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12cd371ab2b6a28cdc6a201d9cbc2ad8/81332181313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/38080313857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/dobasazibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866f63d2ec5---10479643943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdi.vn/userfiles/file/gotesukosavivuwazi.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_off0000e6e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E2 10688 bytes
SHA-256: ff13dfaa5bd061204fcb07d9a936e41241ca25dd26fd0b9a2149a13b131b310d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF1C 18340 bytes
SHA-256: 6f57ad6e686003fd6a0d5ce1a75b3d61593f6630bca0c475cdeaddfa4750f4e8
font_02_sfnt_off00012ecd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ECD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1