Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b4a8a08658acac1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:31:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f47eab93e2b699768fa89e2e820fe132 SHA-1: 316cbce51545d7e00a62946ccd58817a554547dc SHA-256: 3b4a8a08658acac131473eecf568f880df06de510fda392fa01a4a72a711a06e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious code or redirection to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://metalzilembo.it/userfiles/files/30844446770.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/77584130861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021062921500285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/13008693824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5d9519ea7da96fc05b5c9cb19092f8a/68872409438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/sowurodigobebivuxubuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c63bda9d81---kodimevibisebufonumege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/13420265760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a53d892a03914c52898f014025f33784/10515135916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36e0bb5e7164846a4e23457f29b4612d/39895776471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/90315323906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d691f10a2---wogova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kh6s84jnvgi4vtjppb4h1tm11/toduboxejeminilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goooinggroup.com/userfiles/files/20210718_014701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/97286462476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/46063953896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nig4bmsqopbhvohi0mnlmcobj4/feduzuvubafezejolezaxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5gjn6o04v79rq8csr6liivt3de/38878426764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastholten.nl/userfiles/file/85777956832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacyfamilyunity.com/clients/2/20/203fd950dafdada58ea32e7b96f0d147/File/bejamuzore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heq47g6t6s8hpfpf2k12f4l9h4/34431002067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jan-fotografie.nl/upload/files/87733257504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=dead+poets+society+my+captain+quotePDF 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_off0000e0fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0FD 10888 bytes
SHA-256: fb3a3f91538fa6e26d706589c615bdafa8ddc68a1992a2afedb523e55d193080
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9FF 18048 bytes
SHA-256: 2b26e293fc81e0c0c07f36bbd9cdcf284f7345bf6700c886e2e88463a06543af
font_02_sfnt_off000128c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1