Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a5014fd0da30013…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 04:07:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f2141c99766fb998f6c390d306c3a93f SHA-1: e6f6f91926da2ac094764ca68ff56a5915a7db32 SHA-256: 3a5014fd0da30013075c3b22bd016057becd2e168eed5e63ee8fb97c26690b94
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are probably used for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=college+stress+quotes
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ji53j38ki2107ue8u92u5gqflt/55508269814.pdf
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/ketoxokuj.pdf
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/1854205769.pdf
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dc5924cba7---41463908373.pdf
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92648e5d672f7008e1a3dd5e31b05aa2/54429432080.pdf
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/solinexifosurem.pdf
    • http://blbr365.com/userfiles/file/1621462232.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf5072773d---mitaj.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a26e833599---juxixanade.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8bcec18f10---45606738607.pdf
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f32301725d---nakurotuvitu.pdf
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///kapafonozipolokufe.pdf
    • http://yljx.cn/images/upload/File/vabugarafoleseluza.pdf
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/74199305773.pdf
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43f165e897---konatukulupuwedeg.pdf
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e696ae01d3c3df3e8c984b7dbcfa8b0/53934676530.pdf
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/mamafuz.pdf
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb37f145e3---44026066815.pdf
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12668838153.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54ddcb0893---89592038750.pdf
    • http://sk-uralstroy.ru/uploads/files/dokexu.pdf
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28847223217.pdf
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809d669e152---sufot.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9875b9ff9---80953263176.pdf
    • 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_off0001008e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1008E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118a0.bin
e0932d3e4adb6889fabbe41353c27939cdcb51c04bd3a83e141284d348afbf31
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118A0 17772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001470a.bin
f5f6fa245d708336dbb31a02f2141e886713b3e80568645340e819f3d1fba7ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1470A 10204 bytes