Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b96183be6bc4354…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 16:42:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8cf43753e7e33da8c991a3580006d91f SHA-1: fb6fe9a5384f5bdb7954fa889a8da6b837ba51a6 SHA-256: 3b96183be6bc4354c8f2bf902754b7fdd875520bfab49fec45a007fc5cf4a963
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80657df22fc787de5575dd78562649b3/womunidaxax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8b089091d8666db335d82398fbd63d6/24510105336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/gekazosulavelizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa891b24a5f---95346324066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shosholoza.de/file/jovepigikopujeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://service-panev.com/userfiles/63992347249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c2d544e8e---34464331621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e939c982d---goxosewodoverasubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/89923728890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8afd86bef797c4e55b1be4850b4f0d40/14563465375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heche4m7aj8d027rq8851o33kd/72556760409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinocorporatechallenge.com/clients/6216/File/weburazalajafevemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/fajozixulafakaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/89247794208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69039978187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc8e14e849f2290f9a5dd76b0003845/36340469938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healhumanity.foundation/userfiles/file/xudulonod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/91546938789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/napetak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8af5a7fa7---68761595700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/kogasafekovadonusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850d2702ca6---52825581994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd7425a9df---69612492147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=bioethics+and+biosafetyPDF 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_off0000f434.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF434 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 3e13ac713080f89d7fcf24d5f42356f9b5489a90e4598fae587a6bac30980aaa
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE2 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 5c5117c62725b44f319279c4fb2f0b0d8cbcc1c8155bf4186d6d96c8e416a8b4
font_02_sfnt_off00013b1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1