Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bdde872eea9014d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-10-06 22:27:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 9f7f83d29760c27d13c96f9db574860b SHA-1: d0bff30c37124c66574296fa3301e82ea180d12b SHA-256: 3bdde872eea9014d9ddef8561b168ee1f472e2da0d42b8a28f181edd26353d30
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 heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm structure, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests these links are hosted on compromised sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates redirection or further malicious activity, contributing to a phishing or SEO manipulation attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/48485915388.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kangmeideyiliao.com/uploadfile/file///2021091810131162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps.org/userfiles/files/29484285027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/20741038947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161558a293a337---xejajoselebuzoxebilanuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/14436746239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recuva.kr/upload/fck_img/1630905142/file/suromurajamekej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machin.kr/userData/board/file/sopesiranavoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noliruniwasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155e3f1b345a---23790225807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/komapogebegovifuponaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614690b9c5a0f---ribomami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kosmonautika.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bupodaxonagezikebozemik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.com/uploads/ck_editor/files/zabopegimotejetijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21326761480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c65cg9k1t91iggeuirg45fj4d0/zogixidojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426a9b8272d---81529620078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k85shj16h-561lt.com/contents/files/83433267834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indecomavo.pl/userimg/inc/47989923437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agedwedfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/wikilixenenabig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/gunuruzomipadapadosun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emusicmarket.com/upfile/board/files/80120611365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dzido.pl/userfiles/file/rebotaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spad.kr/userData/ebizro_board/file/reluxipefowipijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://komunalno-vrgorac.hr/files/xulikuxevoxonali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=average+cost+of+a+dieticianPDF 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_off0000d4fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4FA 19232 bytes
SHA-256: cfd580a40d1229e6c7606fcf8c9834e9b56566dfd4574397cc16575f955ed1ba
font_01_sfnt_off000106d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011eed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EED 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 4752012b01f17e83c65fc6826a50c0fdbed7f20fcc3431a6f48256cdf1e088ff