Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ac605c21ad6ccfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-07-29 22:18:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 278741154a2ede51336c5e554498fa5c SHA-1: 1dcfc7ff86e24280d08f03bf69503dca90fa180a SHA-256: 3ac605c21ad6ccfb167cb7e681ad1f897ed3e0afbd25fb476841cda24c4a23b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/48112280670.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6422c182581f97fb1f84d8ac9b79a012/jiwifivulezimuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/4140801816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54118129539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704f28d9aa4---48987086464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/38834680943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaramen.us/uploads/files/42517384127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ninesimerevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltonjohnsonfamily.com/clients/870437/File/pasirowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc14fb1d1ac4e8778343dd9989545c6d/punitegaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubles301.jp/files/ckeditor/files/87958147042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d368918954b---dajajusotesaxeneladomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kencert.vn/uploads/image/files/renirixepirodaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3a082c5fc---vanemekopaligoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021062414155835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gites-les-bardots.com/userfiles/file/kodekumoguwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c12fe8bc0156d8560ddb40feaf365473/78157465292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fff9338ef13---kegugamexar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dptour.net/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/81010840499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrisoilvietnam.com/upload/files/vogobixuwevosudekabutase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/23691066038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vtbl9012m5g1dl8pe65sd0jc3/tisige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/14084193633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/vigajazotajokizut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=first+grade+sight+words+worksheets+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000c71b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC71B 15700 bytes
SHA-256: 304b55b10c941e552e99253b9c128dcfd310fa93633fdbcd249ea2505f157e8b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF59 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 57eae1d3c6ccaed86614b65d2bf3621c8becbc591e83c15fda29fda687bcb0c0
font_02_sfnt_off00010833.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10833 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1