Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a6faaea1ab20fc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:54:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cd77bb27afc21121e405fe3224994c90 SHA-1: 69349352645244a324e6397d3eccb8a522c2e901 SHA-256: 3a6faaea1ab20fc73000e81110022f99ad8181365b820219dc088a54782eb95d
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 presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://orderkai.com/uploads/files/20901577212.pdf
    • http://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210705_E45ED04EBDDEC9F2.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa4d30ca978f5a3ecda668d07696b72b/tetebeparakebuvor.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c411954e6c6eac9ad9cfd0ff5867c214/6094079558.pdf
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afd342554ee3470d3de52b85e8336d7f/mojekunadimepi.pdf
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7ba820vteu5b3g8m2fg3i23t5/17139848302.pdf
    • https://laurallo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18876680783.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076da42049a2---25924459455.pdf
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/20625196076.pdf
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/dupugubuxojemixufukifafi.pdf
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/wigepobuxezukavo.pdf
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2lq7ml27bfr9urhdqdmvm3m3i/vemike.pdf
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/gadut.pdf
    • http://be1971.com/clients/a/a1/a19be2fc4cf8b198b52f296748481ce5/File/vunofuxapoguniloridu.pdf
    • https://saint-florentin.charcutier-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24328063268.pdf
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a84443ad35f89560afecc1fdda855a3a/xevoratobawovedukoxipil.pdf
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawufabijorosuguvixib.pdf
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4d0858264---38101896364.pdf
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/vujapabekojujidumaniga.pdf
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210627_193426.pdf
    • http://pfmconsulting.org/survey/userfiles/files/buwopewurobaxowivama.pdf
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/xujiboxerodizi.pdf
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14a91f99f1d2f12abcf8076aba36dfa5/regafi.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b7c7f6f81d67e4c281943ca05a65265/mogusi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=renault+scenic+2012+manual+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_off00010bec.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BEC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012403.bin
fa9cfa627753e5ff1dcef24f9e63c7514b3b7fa41db1ef2eca37258807dc6f2f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12403 11000 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013da0.bin
81fbed3b3e40e1d11164cd878e8095e859e3662ec6f86ee5eeff76ffe97990ca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DA0 22384 bytes