Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bece7f3746d1fcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:28:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: cde3e3774aeb08603d9d521934a0e161 SHA-1: 42b272cd43101f6f235ee4fb216a6805935c0cae SHA-256: 3bece7f3746d1fcddd6fccf10dd3afc1a76c66af52e847b97152fd7033c9cf8e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which are identified as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/32541301050.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://girl0229960192.com/upload/users/files/46904627070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiguwolaligiled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tk-weld.com/images/library/File/82428035926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candbco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wupemawesobikexiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuc-fac.com/uploadfiles/20210912001857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/lorunugizepanev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/nejoxepenoguvojoron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyisz.com/mingyi/images/userfiles/file/napirasijidabiximat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/5744561000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqua4you.hu/userfiles/file/ronufowerovivex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d119f58def---xulefufotusafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__613FCCDB7044A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtoolsrental.com/user_img/files/juwonapametafajobataxezuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khachsanmyngoc.com/upload/files/dokofosudasusuwatewevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsddesign.com/filespath/files/20210904163121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320883617c7---xetegovejiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/219db8bbf99e73b31f6f0c6b0da845cb/69793301833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37799330775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-uklid.com/files/file/siladasevonugidapopak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fbaca7dc9dab656b7343822b5b28ccd/jovuferixokitanadotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inruho.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13158475738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviafond.ru/userfiles/file/63604635718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cacb17247087784c9b9239fbb348046/gawugoruvejekebigukot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=car+drifting+games+unblockedPDF 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_off0000d46f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD46F 17880 bytes
SHA-256: d95187bca2c5c6ce2cd5a0902b3e9668fbb2ef52510673b1c55e57b28928ff19
font_01_sfnt_off000102d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011aeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AEB 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 53ef82818b94dbb4a447c941c7a5c410b4c36ddf022f77972b3f42b7ad3d650f