Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b16a22637ef91e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-27 19:47:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 84d8ceebd45f43e7a8b7e37fca4a36b3 SHA-1: 7edd407a5b6f235ffd00a9fa3b98be3eb4cdddaf SHA-256: 3b16a22637ef91e67da93251e1663bdc5349c3395f3b21b041d6034713b282a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve further malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the download or redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38173c0ec6---45647992603.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c040ff2ccc6---74334533716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-1/20210501214914563842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6b66b5812f---39292869158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/74556604908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nhjcp30l9p4lq86j9btacd76k/52166032355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/53161855401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/limerozixusufamupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/38858665933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fc0309cecf935d40b0af1efb95b61db/74747555049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096cb2926a37---femabijuzekusitiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netdepphunu.vn/images/userfiles/file/568984063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/52406122869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psystems.gr/Administrator/uploads/userpics/OutPostImages/files/diperatipuwumediro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stuarteisbrucklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/80182729343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/denud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwilldoit.ru/uploads/files/files/22324230988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895c910593e---dufodidaxapajiseve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/30789896231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfn6hrqspn9ohbdf3227qhk5rj/98846987469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766dbcebd2b---44730862311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/34836451284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuzinotuziwexixaguba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce6aee0b7a---vezorulikobirekuviruwegov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+hydroponic+fodder+pdfPDF 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_off0000f543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF543 17404 bytes
SHA-256: e5d1d4d8e8cf1b4f7082dd7a0dd9d26a55b0d49896cf010fc0093b74e5a2c501
font_01_sfnt_off000122d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D8 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 203eefa6ce70a50e6dae0d19db5d6c4e1586669a4223a8314ce278a0f0edcbac
font_02_sfnt_off00013c13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1