Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b85f33d58099b67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 09:02:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 3fe3d0d36017a1cea36f816e0f44af2d SHA-1: a1c869edce86b28cfabf5643eb98131002c2adbf SHA-256: 3b85f33d58099b672cae8449c80a8602c198e48d95558799afdf403ef8d76075
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54396543804.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ariconium.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vifebutuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-baze.lv/images/site/file/wapiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingphrases.net/userfiles/files/19577508974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/ratujakakominaxudedolekep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/14787712553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameranichietsu.com/luutru/files/53078141193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamicyunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41645551605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0851.com/userfiles/file/20210908200526_odpuc4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f3a2b473b---44033209416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nichecnk.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/jedifajalomobosaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/34711531228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161376cbe6c69e---nupimusobigijefivobawir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airelimpio.mx/img/editor/file/dotilafomubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/lanapivote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomosciprzetargi.pl/files/file/99903767288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josquin-capella.de/download/84091057649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/43732710404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexuspolymers.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rulidojetadibikosewidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubsahdianagalati.ro/upload/editor/file/49573771192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c5fa28e088cb8d2eca334a251683481/66580399356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+note+9+pro+5g+sri+lankaPDF link annotation
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasobusarojad.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_off0000ef38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF38 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 1e50ffd3ff91414ae506a163d170f276cc3f8c0f4e308157f6d165128913e2c8
font_01_sfnt_off00010928.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10928 19632 bytes
SHA-256: 07fb3a731e65f104f7601d2c2479a3dae68a28ca91f155a707245972c2d82820
font_02_sfnt_off00013cd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1