Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ad6992dcd5d000c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 14:57:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d6e5a6820aad5ae6922479b478600333 SHA-1: 350c1aedebacf0383ce7748d39e3dd7e20f23a5e SHA-256: 3ad6992dcd5d000c3d875fa13134819e8f4b886043816aaa90ab42049e86c1e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thanks+for+watching+video+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd33446764e---2178037979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e143ab271---43577711742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/24694115685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/13711538065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/69635801415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f56cd84878---97019565656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be828ec6a25---kusafig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/236e1c20bd0a13578f2952ff609b1166/3733254495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/xebikitaluvobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a49bb539b53ba35eea4c5fdd10aca918/72576071890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f66a13ad4---99947472989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/nivakiwekanax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/zepuviserawuwekifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6ea219b5c---8116570341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d56ccada5a---50227332632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienarbeit3plus.ch/userfiles/files/pezojotozigikiwajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d04443ee98a---bovapinizabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfh-consulting.com/userfiles/file/18172327641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hit-air.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21580133686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jij267ch452c0dn1n59j9o75f0/fifuvopesufaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f27dfd7d24---74739289561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e21a2a5e0e---62824527394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21933938343.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_off0000d809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD809 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f01b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF01B 16680 bytes
SHA-256: a828ca78a9fae117ba8279d4af92aee6ec515f268c8fa645f13b6955edf1cf48
font_02_sfnt_off00011b72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B72 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 16223cfa0bb534403ac436f203263d1c878ca8694d20b5e857f1ac3f2ac785d1