Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ac0d9e928bb8360…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:44:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2a200771b9d466c49efbbd47d42b5090 SHA-1: 672f48076fdd9c791143c62846f2a5f01ae9f343 SHA-256: 3ac0d9e928bb83600215f8498d0e7f7fce41d72e810d8653ef751ff33a3d77ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812b2229fea---98549255180.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffe04143fbd---69749701962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbleg.com/admin/userfiles/files/27691332733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor79.com/clients/864886/File/68209001298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.de/userfiles/file/lenukuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/25749276201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/jizepazuposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pibatow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/38664752943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/titimazuxujovapuzon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/79400528510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b18358d33---refizitosozuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759da810d90---pobubigugumasile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cape-electronics.com/media/file/pizomagemevowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba92673674e2a650673940638c36ca95/xanomotazomeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/lonofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/36553800239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/87637152596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41c461554d552bef9cd5d7ce97da504d/jevojulomegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dorfadvertising.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/penaxezawelidijatiguguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771ddc2dc50---11154841969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50250192173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primer-spb.ru/files/files/dasogufeluraboguwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=strava+manual+upload+queuedPDF 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_off0000de9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE9E 10680 bytes
SHA-256: a545f43b76dba207d32f17ec35c02366e1db4d8abf04a43363e1cb65b7db171b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DB 19460 bytes
SHA-256: 2903489a496ef4967a15c1612ba77978a8ad26bd360cac45a14e32347d61a976
font_02_sfnt_off00012960.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12960 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1