Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a7637976c1a0696…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:51:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a2a7bcf51f1bc72269a7f0074692ef57 SHA-1: d8832569952b0ca66610ff4573448c7b6d19633c SHA-256: 3a7637976c1a06965570603e41867adbb4253af14f6ad54daf465d3be70460c0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/56921052496.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/jaxozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2rent.gr/userfiles/file/45982559057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadsoda.com/UserFiles/File/kofamuvukim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bussmann-tiefbau.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gilatujimufefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/moponaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyc.cz/pictures/clanky/files/xejanedomipakef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcaa53822d---lisebetenozawuvigime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68773913d83f56a944d26a65f8b313e3/91533388244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/35916606018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vettercycles.ch/userfiles/files/55417021111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f01a7a5684c---gujisuladokojupazepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75636350965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/regotidazebobomogozusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heibldr.hu/FCKfeltoltott/file/67824480267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozsersogutma.com/upload/files/86136068105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24370f3f35d245d16550c1c6b998f5b6/22334923798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969942bfd40---44523200092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/30096345470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viquadro.com/userfiles/files/wudabemiwomuzibutawiwezax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/67766775841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ddmc9pho36h9cimv9slm6t33i/22427447960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peptidturkiye.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nofokuzozojasejabidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebd3033055---gekukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=most+common+behavioral+interview+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000f2eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EB 11416 bytes
SHA-256: eca6feb5342ccfdc641efd319c2dcc771a5592c7bdb68d3e673df6a405e16bec
font_01_sfnt_off00010d4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D4F 17520 bytes
SHA-256: 417a9eee4d466f2b34a23807b4228fa4d6cc3489fc6761ee2f1663d4f1853cf9
font_02_sfnt_off00013a9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1