Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bca59e14bd0532c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:53:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 02d2d68d15ede02108aa0a9863e73910 SHA-1: 2596a5fe51dec6e2837d8dacc15d9ea3d96f5dcf SHA-256: 3bca59e14bd0532cd82fa8777b8886ea5f5de578d42da891930aee04d4eddcf7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or credential harvesting campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eb6312a3e8c6c4e5cfae74285efec7f/vevemurivevew.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2baa0d37970bf6b82daffefa4e87c2da/38063085156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/53593857943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/lulinovesivotaguzabelagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://filetorme.com/upload/files/82546746638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolauramoschini.it/userfiles/files/26444072758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0b801c8284f38c1bfc6dad986b30440/62700710896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rajpuc.pl/pics/file/74675641065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/30505185849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/32835949916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160912bb7e6bd1---60324420425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/lubibiratiruzoselanubag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609044fb07241---zaxofapitikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/37947420724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64a09e798ce8f0a72665f4a0e9684af7/38440272200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refinerlink.com/userfiles/file/bonivixepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/51926612457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/32243339894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa35d5babf9---niwijofegexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents//files/vapidofodotodabutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0328e8d23---76337623702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/banisaripevawatusekakowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+educational+management+information+system+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://perfecturology.cafe24.com/upload/editor/imagefile/korawaderuvag.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_off0000e41c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE41C 11272 bytes
SHA-256: f24407646d683f0f225da2d849c805401c02dd8706f6758e170abab192c2ec78
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2D 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 5c691bd13ab678d3271106e00010b9b02f12eb2974ade467ad0b1460488ac88f
font_02_sfnt_off00012aaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1