Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a7230284442defb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:59:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f9429df25cdb71923e0d104ae8bdf67e SHA-1: 69cf491d82a84b721d9c543061ce916da19e2488 SHA-256: 3a7230284442defb55c4f4d30a1ecd706de6f4fb6beca0db17ec41b98349b493
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unhelpful+thinking+styles+pdf+cci PDF link annotation
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80683410433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ca0ce487fb09809df5a9ff88407307/55630447250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapevinewinerytrail.com/clients/876125/File/bajadel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/webemomitexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607883b7a9a2a---namijejeduxotuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/29442819115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161162b50ed028---81347104374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c15548cb6cb19fbf5c48642df9be212e/venub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/11701623668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casadiriposomarsala.it/userfiles/files/12417613939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/ritesabojiponeriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b50c915a2e---53764072918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcc34dbc89---94517676907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/sisijivajepis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cd29b2b58---47882056798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/72972944223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/gevevelowajikikilojoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26028073623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ac2281784d1d4e5d5d3fe81aaeb7fe9/13027382678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/661499f8c6b8a4e8d2e180cf95539b6b/16496822194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/80382405649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aed149ad4f8248b9ee8393c8130cc62/womojuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardatrans.com/content/Files/94093178129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210708021912653111tg7imx14wkg2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lasallelille.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63564290491.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_off0000e70c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE70C 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 55dc77dd841ec0bf6194f795cf9d32551875f9f6ca117fba68e849832fe4110d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB6 17788 bytes
SHA-256: d291582f6a31070a1704dd09ba742bad4bb9be020309148a196b8068b20b1b1d
font_02_sfnt_off00012e0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1