Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3abe544634d58e9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 19:46:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: aa80ba9e3e33c8a42d22369dc4840395 SHA-1: 1cb4cc5f2e64faa913348f50848fa515959ffcce SHA-256: 3abe544634d58e9e44d8925b55e32aabcccd69faa2ee8b93b0304aab1652d502
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript and link farm are used to redirect users to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=send+files+from+mac+to+android PDF link annotation
    • http://vouchertiket.com/airplane/ckeditor/uploads/files/64792048519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/mokoxipijigivizefewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/25134101886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecniagua.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/webujawawujuzarepitika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb73adf2c201e481b1fa51b6321b7de3/pitibexexobanotazagewiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aakritidigitals.com/userfiles/files/gadowatagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5n921l1t1ceamc27f6m09qel90/mexadofig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostsolutions.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wurokikizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c3a1b7cb663b8ee56055cf7047fac45/lumuxivowoxiguzixet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromowane.com/userfiles/file/92971690620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manhremhoangvan.vn/wp-content/uploads/files/gekubisuniporijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vxclouds.com/userfiles/file/92845253723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613066fd9ec37---zunikewogeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegrelli.it/userfiles/files/95351925632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/tuwafufatikalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75194876456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwplazaview.com/uploads/files/20655584187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togelunited4d.com/contents/files/97853269974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhhieu.vn/hinhanh/file/jolera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biharikft.hu/bihari-admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/magavemalanekodugubamogab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359022b953e---pobuzibamavalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/vikanikitesagudamuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b254128c2415a340a319928a8e0ad00/mobutixagabosewexezafesoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aakritidigitals.com/userfiles/files/67876278061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/27586991287.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_off0000e3ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCC 17832 bytes
SHA-256: c7980403db12191ba3d14ec79a8afd2cf5bbf09cb1384c68284fb82c14e8db65
font_02_sfnt_off0001296b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1296B 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 07c96409c863ea604577ebd18bf233e02c88bcd7680dcf1a8cc992139a4c26c3