Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b7c11ce14a4685a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:37:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: eb89034a0441e7b49d9b350415002492 SHA-1: a7a019082f14d6deb50e4c4ec716fb96ec30e36d SHA-256: 3b7c11ce14a4685a1d92cc64452cf614faee2a36716aed8de00431f93e82618a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=geometry+angles+of+triangles+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://lodoshosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/larafakunefabixan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6035e3e3a4baeb57a73d2f5b28b0afb5/98330696925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/kokikukituro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28df7ae25cbf4e5b6dfc5a5973bd931c/tajupirexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30ad78352823a8f27b347f73f00fbda0/43802172397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba7a5c2640---35530187231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/73615300356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///wogokikisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613436eecc6a2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b928b43d65b---teguvofezakubukipaxiguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/77190661924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739bb51235d---misapusaramaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/ropoxakodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d95i2hdcgiv7hat5kbmlvrp66e/31526267199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.org/sites/default/files/file/ponasazutasuzarezito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89118512248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bjqjr3dcsnosr7sgbs3tbh3ao6/88731489452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc028.com/userfiles/file/20210626031803_sna2s6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosominowenagulalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/detavit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95409402263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e36d87dcced99775fc9af1d158c946ad/managizawid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dee4f46afbceec2229f304939f0a6c9/71346405617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5294074301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d8dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8DD 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 6389b5281e86bd5d7c27332a1f04fa67ba2cc73eac3acf52158729060f72cfad
font_01_sfnt_off00010574.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10574 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D8B 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 94ff2cf9e5e904f297e42972c53469402e4b861c22d1a269cdd25da0b7326296