Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a8b1353caa68ca5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-10-04 11:12:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 1e34f269d035caaba9e498e97e4210c8 SHA-1: 63ccee81d4674be5476c9af0d41d47ffbded535e SHA-256: 3a8b1353caa68ca5618e59c99758a0294729de448c3edb0050e7c095e1ed34b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads or exploiting browser vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=growing+lady%27s+mantle+from+seed PDF link annotation
    • http://bbdecontra.com/userfiles/files/soxosamofage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e254e7cc2d---fexitusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/taloxoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tn0qb40mvn0rv3rkcvsn5rj28c/35572341067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finance-bulldog.cz/UserFiles/File/libisewofuxagemonawogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/6248096068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranduongauto.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/45824417221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/26585240137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nt3cvfrs53fnelmki7903ihpd/tadisukesugigepupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/dezirivopadosaxodut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/75855679815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoppe.dk/files/43355160012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitargentina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wimavivipafurizenoxarita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/38352676559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/63024296476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/172205004886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowprice.com/content/xuploadimages/file/gamugatulefoxova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b75b0897a056b0b0c1c6a8ab4e8e0a99/jubobebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://putzlappenborner.at/editor_up/negowikijazuzavakumerax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korea-seals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63435733242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://998.geektic.com/geektic/files/49545436557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75847750335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fetujigogufunekazom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradzo-ep.com/uploads/files/95092535226.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_off0000b2c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2C9 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 5940496c92b2d80c883e4d2089c2c172f8bfe9e85a85bc20f935e78c7b3853d8
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e43e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE43E 14764 bytes
SHA-256: 8219aa274fc3a4b26fa7abf7fa32b367a003c02de19e9fb3deaff13c83459f3f