Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a86ade095407432…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:19:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 15e85fd4ddb2ef589c830ee5e5913274 SHA-1: b7a85ac8aa3c3dacd09030ef7c446b41d83bab37 SHA-256: 3a86ade095407432a8419a9eaef1b9f6487c3afb0afad69c37019c3ac19674c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links to compromised WordPress upload storage. These elements strongly suggest the PDF is part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely using the links to redirect victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+group+worksheets+in+excel+2016 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sherpachristain.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47130095517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/21052486978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6655172dce14777452c95dc0c52928c/48524900763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91719b590d12d386172a629620ac1abf/surupijevitopezukevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fffa6675fbb---83985954456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84cfdbcf1de49d4b39a73cf063c6d6e3/duzolub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoyisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiluxoxevajasiruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor80.com/clients/866172/File/nizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/39553135788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/bizanimetikawapelebiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95113918916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bdb1ae19982fcae2f85014f412900e3/72637934416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c983f6997d1---83122705094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bb1889adad19de8bf489db6d164f56f/68320608765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/714370b263dd8918653ebfb024ff0ca1/2894584714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambcavallon.eu/userfiles/files/93942370507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savaksangida.com/resimler/files/18974525517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0951debe89ca453389f26d4e4cb9de72/50684042766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b235c91ad5e---zewotuvinuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202104/file/podaxevogozenidigadavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feldmann-spedition.de/pics/userfiles/file/ladikato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechitay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/35158786635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0b18r8ce6k2se3m0qf9h596md/lonuzokubuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/850f28ee958a656d1e784a7a65f13e3b/14832674932.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_off0000d579.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD579 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 34442d2f67ca0482e3e4d3bb8a2ae09ce2318c79ef8c3c574bfc78ba08261e1a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f02c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF02C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001083e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1083E 16744 bytes
SHA-256: 377025ef557038d113e749c9e66f84a4a46311ae0db07a446d91db87b3263bfa