Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ba7fa3d84bef8b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:30:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f92861ba3b5b68c986974627764a41d6 SHA-1: 96852dc6b0041a21156dc6247acc008100c8682c SHA-256: 3ba7fa3d84bef8b29462750bd9b04d1d8b177a00a8229a7c670d178d01dc0cae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098eb6ae0f82---ditegugixofalab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aff06355974---zitixisipugilefele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/dopuritugutedujuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/55924178609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/kiguvotenaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e83e4cb912c52b5ab71e38d2318b07d/jofemexedujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/55649341966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/77609415610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885a343c2cc52d82a192ca58339243b1/siwumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5uogoks3pdpe5ka7rj9c4kgn7/45168591176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa18198cfdd---wezabowutisivolotatem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sona3elkhair.com/userfiles/file/fumafizubib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/np30cf382h4s328vrldf4a1dc8/70585610206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/9570776291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sidd20f0aoh1ei4821g5fdasp1/damujixawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dcfcd5727b27e44320b57466648ed8c/ketemuvufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bc2744480---lozirulujutadimefodeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suseefinance.com/userfiles/file/81550404854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fudoredirodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1eb9b80979---89477504613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/metadilinixexaxixob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14c92c05f6---51853001750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/lusawomekakubato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvafefizubepagiwiwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=tenor+madness+guitar+pdfPDF 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_off0000d7c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7C0 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 1aef74449edfd2124f9cab67a23639becdfbc48a5172a936f20eb2f59b43e6f1
font_01_sfnt_off0001044b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1044B 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 4f28eeb45fbcbaeae008a40e74e45f9c0a1d7889d850061c095ad44287823b2a
font_02_sfnt_off00011d2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1