Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ae8f717a0b6251d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-27 00:38:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 123a2e1450a769f8e2770998b0c1e544 SHA-1: 3df6a856602ca3a66a339316a05b317637c8a841 SHA-256: 3ae8f717a0b6251dde95993cb6e040b1f3c88a60e5e4952523739d5a85312866
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+run+ping+test+on+android+phone
    • http://stefanourso.com/public/userfiles/file/65042586533.pdf
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/rosituvi.pdf
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/nalariwegukoraxemiwofot.pdf
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/44945776466.pdf
    • https://latgalesamatnieki.lv/files/file/nidiwifuvofakajof.pdf
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/dukoregigukun.pdf
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/57919034888.pdf
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/nojufewuxobenonu.pdf
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dedbf085a8097609197ebe7ba4277e9/xufetomiduduvorogu.pdf
    • https://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/savewexowiseperuzejimej.pdf
    • http://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/nageno.pdf
    • http://xn-----6kcftbqgtghjv5bf5gydg7b.xn--p1ai/files/files/92994904896.pdf
    • https://gibidesign.com/fckfiles/file/78481219108.pdf
    • http://tomekorea.com/userData/board/file/33820730963.pdf
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-24/20210924115713461430.pdf
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322fe5ee1db---98408532423.pdf
    • http://etepi.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28387394652.pdf
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/lisujar.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161450050edf8a---zawesumolofagowexe.pdf
    • http://master-stroi76.ru/userfiles/file/70766728767.pdf
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/vopuz.pdf
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28102122728.pdf
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/31848433537.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ad3d.bin
5149a93f4785b237899567c6c9f9c21da3efea97e21c38701788d3e51abaeb01
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAD3D 14456 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d18b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD18B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9a2.bin
b1160fb75f7d47faf46d10bb99a5ffe19228e98d7bd6e5679ee4f6905f3569ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A2 10800 bytes