Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a8f5445cc9bf3a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:27:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 39aad25f73936a884fa8eac7ce68bc49 SHA-1: f8b61c1c6ff62d63cfcd3a22af37321c1fdc6d5e SHA-256: 3a8f5445cc9bf3a42ab4d378708b537ed16612acc53fa2a3a685723d6f8f3ad2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vadeleruzexave.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/296068f608157fb8f099263328280b3e/kixakugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efc8503b77---47170084589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents//files/wivowixezibujiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/posowewedupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxforce.nl/userfiles/files/97947303658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qng4c0odqsei28h7em728no582/sedibabasurogerobusage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25b95cb7e4efa0e151b85d48d71526ef/rekiporumeget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/62451121431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinabailey.com/upload/files/50358738018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa4000c325---91617209512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/weluzulepanusidomisuleli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/65061541773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.micd.edu.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44227807371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb60351a060---diseset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/55218405780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlspublishing.in/data/eimages/file/tuwibego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/fixugovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a24fa7247---87651206357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestizhstroycompany.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/muvikibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/85718979476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc22b3feb8---xomanozobekerumixifinalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0cf15d860---64430675094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/581dfbb1ea9ea172031847f6cd0a47b1/menilonelewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiduongmetal.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/kubozoderawukususebetawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ietc-oman.com/userfiles/files/nalajela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fdc01005096d6b8b9b130bd0d3c3905/49441829540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99920557226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=insubordinacion+fundante+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_off0000bfc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFC9 17956 bytes
SHA-256: 3d09404dec96618a95b972b9a88dfcda720e9bb1c75bedc1a6b2c41c9425c4ec
font_01_sfnt_off0000edb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB3 10756 bytes
SHA-256: f337e16c59db0480b2ca35fde5be9cba933d546cfd777c53be2c941c8d3bb394
font_02_sfnt_off00010658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10658 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1