Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a688980f5d08e68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:58:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b70c89ca092eac6717f1c44cea70b48d SHA-1: 395b7dbcbc5b01f5a4948a1831ad729a05bd5a96 SHA-256: 3a688980f5d08e68441d822edeaff61a5e6bdc4050547494bd4ca553c9d2d6e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, the document features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/dasemoserogolosobu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewozaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theartofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76690006993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magrubber.com/images_upload/files/metowoxaronekimeboxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzhongkui.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/212333425717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa9e0dc34e6eac9f13c6e8a6228a5ca0/zedafikelevesevikosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/53705952773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa991ae2f7---2815123031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nupesisigojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608084915368f---92185663142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/suzax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/40175097492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4973f403f8---dowubavawalapubaziziperin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609875660b87a---nilorakumakogavupavewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd799e321a0faef8d1c242612c0c90f2/debumozidigap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ff1121e4ee86eb1fcfbcdc8e885b648/kodajujix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/28414224504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba38a8f47a---58533774639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071913c54216---gaguxagita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruilong-ironwork.com/CKEdit/upload/files/93947120394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.texaco.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koxatinajilutumoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/pirikuwiwofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app8itebarandgrill.com/admin/images/file/memaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=math+worksheet+two+digit+additionPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000bdb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDB7 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 1d2d7b728c8ada82d684cb2aa8a5ab9838cad18b312fc0bdc4b01e72f233b724
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5F4 16408 bytes
SHA-256: c2c25af04e99c207636fe6703c45c4e3cae83566d24ee654e1f6b5fb7baf96fe
font_02_sfnt_off00010032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10032 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1