Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a804c41f8035a1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:10:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f34733472134a95a7a05f259b8fd6934 SHA-1: 694f66c8bc1edb34438608e72c91187c96741d2f SHA-256: 3a804c41f8035a1aae8ac0ae3ff1c89671ce3aa6d7445960a047d161bc40c1a0
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic strongly indicates a social engineering attempt to trick the user into installing malicious software or extensions. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload, contributing to the overall malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6vkqntd96miakg2hcogh57037/siwamafalaju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/mexeramonejuzimivepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/jisemaxufojoliranutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/zusulidapotufasusezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/556gprtnrljchjhgi78fff79n7/setimudoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/66293616206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/rokad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xafoxomugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reitinguok.lt/userfiles/file/merumodazenodurinugujute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/23221839252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/pusotibafamado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4ba863f5b---wopakafizozizixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/19599325619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-publishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61941880948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needletherapy.eu/upload/file/71959094453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608989a55614e---vupezesasole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/dodofukiliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d175b7f402---xinumovoxasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sowlindia.com/userfiles/file/kosuvudenubobisokizav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/53717703011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centonze-vini.com/userfiles/files/39372978558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinaktv.com/storage/ckfinder/files/kikusotowavupigenezonumiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/92874288393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinarwaja.com/account/files/14951050906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecrivains-consult.fr/easyonline/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43761992201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=canada+map+outline+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_off0000d1c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D8 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 99acff8a369976086491971acc23722cb0516ebc1e12132bab28d7275c90523c
font_02_sfnt_off000101b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B7 18296 bytes
SHA-256: ee99c7d42263ea88bdb5bbd4b57bfc49a898df984275e96f465b4876a17c0b4e