Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b0d6f53587d4954…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 01:59:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 830fe90f586fc5410112b11bfaf9cb81 SHA-1: 90d1dfaa37ebb93e272d8ef54841927759a43b7a SHA-256: 3b0d6f53587d4954ea93b9b2152c7131e668b879ab1d42e49ea6c8ab56eaee19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDFs, some hosted on what appear to be compromised WordPress sites, strongly indicates a malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support this, suggesting the PDF is designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content or engaging in a phishing scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://basar-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/27822694939.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://christianklein.eu/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9890495485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416d213447f---7911361743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szilasfood.hu/pic_upload/files/7793559199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipai-bg.eu/img/file/delisapidaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweefvlieg.net/userfiles/file/dukiditaput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/48661600485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobiligennari.com/userfiles/file/repuwexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/poreziweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/firulebuvorojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aspbae.org/userfiles/file/7080191629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20a80aed891f2ecef37c3d403709e8dc/votenoneruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradecapital.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bonusate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kumatujuguriwisuriwelogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dd-eng.com/files/files/tidagureluxoriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132623e6c84b---22579095182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/6069900213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lidaoxc.com/upload/files/jubugevupedinajupij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kramnyca.info/img/upload/editor/file/gusikuxisakoxetajalubedok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/54620850783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitacasa.it/images/file/52621042187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acta-mobilier.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67495332913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/dorozonanazasoluvefuwafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewtch.com/upload/files/rikowatonarimaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=read+alex+rider+secret+weapon+online+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_off0000d4b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4B3 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 2679b52c1b393028dd350105fd7ef8db09616f023424920974f2db866292b4e0
font_01_sfnt_off0000ede5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F7 17772 bytes
SHA-256: a2d50882a1858fc2f9f2e97b290d371c925d188997c513d6daeb9fb7895aed0f