Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ba747e79d4c2a5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-22 12:34:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 4d818aa36fcc9cad2a5d50e2acc29c7f SHA-1: 560b842c9ccefc401dcb2cd823f818658fa3dd18 SHA-256: 3ba747e79d4c2a5d10f995d97b7e0e87e63a2a096faedae84838a03057a54f9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm, likely for SEO poisoning or to host phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=waze+android+auto+issues PDF link annotation
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c021566af---43569143418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/20125072554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/gigimevorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa0da0b4e5cba3e05e26147a9c8eea46/wubuxugimiwagumifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekransamara.ru/files/ripabibejozifasuxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oazapiekna.com/zdjecia/fck/file/tixijejigobijimupulip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silver1979.com/upload/file/90524023573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dycmc.com/DATA/upload/files/202109111152203876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210910_151715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/zimemokaturenosovibadedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613478618a6c9---58205894503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/zanedopotozogokulinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prcomponents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72550379715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/49413966147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimosusto.eu/userfiles/files/sixuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbrasil.com/userfiles/file///51864852048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.donboscovizag.org/images/files/valajisarasadufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-sta.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_0081FCA667E298D9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sesconbs.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54782962157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/dasatemafegasow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/51425784153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tefuxuveporozifoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yunnanyingxiang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25735439867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147381e992e4---24850808888.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_off0000c915.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC915 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 907f0d370d68cd5324554f4b18f8ebb7552487e4b9dcbb8d2789c1a60a7bf01f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B7 16928 bytes
SHA-256: 827b65e25f4248dea867c7560bd0703512517036a0dff7f0f4b5658a1561191d