Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ab2457322a4068f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-24 14:35:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2c72c5cc879b2368d2ae349d29dd2977 SHA-1: 9182b2dcb514aff73080c6df2efcf9ad8cd66abe SHA-256: 3ab2457322a4068fe7c123a39a6d0f596baf49db58e0d5ba8f8fc5a351164ddf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=simulated+webcam+for+omegle PDF link annotation
    • http://mrcubezpieczenia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/647287627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goninadotesagova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rawelotoramilorub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e45kbijdg78tdmst425tnj54n6/bubotovokupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadapremiumlubes.com/survey/userfiles/files/21241486509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420b5ea484b---xeporunanasenatisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oskarmak.com/userfiles/file/16830468331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enricobarraco.com/files/bepokekotabowunam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccb757052802f4cfaba04c4a87ec58a8/ketedipoxipemarogovid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/rapuzeviwixanatupifijewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thanaclusterwestgate.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/46736086832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/nabufutetilokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-spa-resorts.com/dok/20581351908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xindeshiye.com/uploadfile/file///2021091618473333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/feteguworunubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/72656298511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodermclinic.com/file_media/file_image/file/nixezibopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tianlanip.com/filespath/files/20210901061341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rossbeede.com/userfiles/file/gofakorupijibumebasuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613028813e48a---40365544432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhomeshaiphong.net/app/webroot/img/files/xifepalizokuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panoramabyty.cz/content/24161454762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5p25qm9i04a37am48t8o69hla/ripagukudokamivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosycaffe.com/file/82837604444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vssteel1999.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/43104357120.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_off0000af36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF36 15304 bytes
SHA-256: ea7f59d6940193cd028353a5ba81e7a9a63aebc540569fd7e1ae96869ec4833f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d58c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD58C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eda3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA3 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 1369fe6df328540f1bb0d040c235dbf3b76cea04d0bd0b9c6d1bfccb5e271ba0