Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a9138f780a2c551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:08:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: aac3d70fa6ccf7458a592bbf839dd477 SHA-1: 7a09bcb952f599232889d6acaac29b07a2a7af00 SHA-256: 3a9138f780a2c551a9ab1231c19e36f099b56051f519513a222e3c1f8e83c3d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=acute+lymphoblastic+anemia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607f5dd80bcf8---nalejabevatur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd77407c684b2fe9c68755df38ac54bd/xelazotutiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cooperspick.com/files/jepukulodegerufuzututa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbigniewrodak.pl/galeria/file/11208648914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/slqed00j4oiovl5mrfcpkaerl7/54834229712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124b316cdcea---66137681199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekamerefidobegigupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7d89f4179---rubiwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2713438111---32492774183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd8ee5124c---13089744906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51c9rlfp5d7uu8s655r2t6er7g/11130875053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/27156311176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be22c4af0b5---45715060485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13be51957efde7d8ee8228e9cc129dcd/6939729760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8a6qtfscdlv6bntla5qd11bu2/50345660332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/bokatekagujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5efb80cde---xurepojetasetafogejakej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/av966t8393tl6fv6gcbqluk2bk/getipozadade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/71244150734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/58138236281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/lalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f9ed9b87d5e65f8d2c2783361e6e688/lumesuwowuwika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/37796246373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-noginsk.ru/upload_picture/file/zimeronatobixabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/7170035135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/nikexozusebesasoponowe.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_off0000d8f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F0 16568 bytes
SHA-256: d13b4ebda11f26baf75ece36c834da71978948bef71f8537a756a3b9414cebf2
font_01_sfnt_off000103a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A7 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 782f911b3f290ab0cd6dbe842ba45171f49cc451231484cbd2ab59bcb82a19be
font_02_sfnt_off00011d3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1