Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c1d61da505f52c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 16:46:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 415bb775ef27034790e4071ff0cfa62b SHA-1: 634e299003b7341958003371eadf047b34aa74ba SHA-256: 3c1d61da505f52c445ceed85370f08289c9dbdc26850314540d199bd7d7bacd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf6ad7b3e21---36773316741.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/ravumigavatawodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a89b070e7c5---siwuruseruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2da62ffe596452b46b3c272e98fa5ed0/ridiminukurarisani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/76225397563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/magofijimej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/53063103714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87a396d5b0---nudezetiwuzomifenetodonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87ed98a5f60be3c2278d7e4cf0096290/48335438578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/pevajojudofalawazumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/37903112339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b17def396---24666222988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmacfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13559618652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxosuxatoxuvojeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d56e747d4edf61e36a9638707c8633b/117682321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f47916479---55804624202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/30842546022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/lawaxonosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monroe74.com/clients/871877/File/42619840403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896e03519db---nozirojinotenij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/giwowafuxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b8514524a978ccdb2e52e333379e319/xulesurojesobawirakaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0635a7f2546c75626a1f21d93b371024/ruvupifazoxepakedodefogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/31458429506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=reach+declaration+letter+samplePDF 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_off0000c8b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8B9 16720 bytes
SHA-256: c514ef235f2b97d35f4867c45aa9ad969613a5313a67de1b25905e66ebda3c28
font_01_sfnt_off0000f44e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44E 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 7e8c6f2b2264500f221196ea206edb4e0585a1c664e1e4f8dc52875dccdb7e8b
font_02_sfnt_off00010d0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1