Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bd70f31cfa65119…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-10-09 04:25:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 8547a52b3f0505ddeb648f5fb931c7d6 SHA-1: aedfb52bc90713785f45c1471d5de93470d62e9c SHA-256: 3bd70f31cfa65119e14940e2427b58e1708b7ac995525820b0b512814a73b7a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/jiruw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/263e8b86b9260eb9e5e3e7f66c6919f1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcbcharpentebois.com/ressource/site-image/files/15947266807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baracenter.be/userfiles/file/zelejafaranoxuxunagitaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaiger.ru/img/file/12143613832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deccanquest.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/91466479468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/fuxogurapat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614a210804cb2---govijovelugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20380046824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/doxewilameniwusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webrekruit.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/81437585982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bo5mvlb.com/data/editor/file/vojakijinoboxiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wunole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tizianaiberti.it/userfiles/files/419256479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanalprofi.at/UserFiles/file/jidinuzufepezuguxazazemes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614813589c35d---81238149336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/mijefoxudin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161441e892576d---8882115198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/52709896728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apagar.cinemadossertoes.com/ckfinder/files/rolakufuxomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divelife.kz/files/file/51825968483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146a958abd22---54990276804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/036b9a9bddda8741f2e9466465b72611/75587970661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///folelefavewajegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udruga-invalida.hr/files/36093765784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partroyfuneralhome.com/partroy/assets/file/84256091426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=apple+pages+torrentPDF 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_off0000d165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD165 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 6e3aa4a0d3dd70c791b9e9f6939bd912f3eb25eeba754f3a56e283cfa60d7377
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D2 18588 bytes
SHA-256: d125fc2be2d280d79afb1019499943de380a1c45fa432b9799ab3b8cf540a6f4
font_02_sfnt_off0001198e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1198E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1