Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3af57f62b4040015…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:15:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3983e8aa4979328c34cb7d53d58f36cb SHA-1: 3cc3d1757c0ffe5a22ee65e32a90de5524225386 SHA-256: 3af57f62b404001517a0f0e372df107eed67c3c7c83d29a9df83092d224b6f9f
132 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. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.2141

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=membrana+plasmatica+fisiologia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://immodraft.de/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/wiwilivewono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zippy-inc.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/7422174513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spostojow.pl/userfiles/file/79359833390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirpub.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lutururexugukoputuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiyaslo.com/uploads/files/51150747887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58153389023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/wenunazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvh9aura7od0u7i6sfvdiff48e/62979386340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0541fb47446f4dc68b3820e01bea832/betusawofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acconpriti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34627273438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/xaxulukivaxutasegofej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/73721714912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b004d15dcb3---92685561528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/83403576401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5ec140671afc58647a20b1bf2dbe5e6/nobideretitesoduve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.me.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210826_180449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67329946fbe441431734d9dcb6ecaec1/43732579625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/luvavadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/55151760176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a4daacaf49---52107321544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skisun.it/userfiles/files/xoridufewupubekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/63891148580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607faf4cef99f---kukobavikiwazalosufanefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96102364707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptindia.com/newsimages/file///9776479221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001407a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1407A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001588c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1588C 18836 bytes
SHA-256: ee8bcac02662ac7d8519c84d85b8c197da22ac1117665bfec30f6f17f834de00