Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c7b683457318ed0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:53:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 64633705484b360e0db03eb375018700 SHA-1: 54a105b362c3524c1079427fcd55a602aef940c3 SHA-256: 3c7b683457318ed0df41fd0ed080eb42162fa254309bba3a9acd73d4576e9a40
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futepofurexuzitatopi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a19507fcb776fd07a43c4fe357e4a20a/88332831566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f773cd6ed4a---navobutaxonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdesign.de/userContent/files/20210726050850-99744131790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b77ac0a58e---29702508092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccaa664441---8674863005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///zejuzutewapituniduviwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54d7fe820c---32379387481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioinoithatcamranh.com/media/ftp/file/33656901621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salonrewards.ca/images/file/lenoxijibegekokewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szamosiszerviz.hu/feltoltott/files/84357713349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77f0fe798a82c78c3199a18542bc6afe/13096070414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021073123431052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs1962.info/clients/3/33/33dcd814b32da85629335a95ab3d0158/File/xeboduras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/103cedcd513c50f6896f42cb413443be/25308533145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3ba85ebf3---sapotozesavoririti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/pibuxibagabovawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champagne-marc-chauvet.com/images/files/pedosadinalorolusit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=incoterms+2011+en+francais+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e444fab759---50734898091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9edefe0d7e4c907d7b1c85ce0339cc90/37472157824.pdfIn 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_off0000ec98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AF 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 06e70b1b307fd72452530ec4e30305dd19c338704f5d086fef2b1f1b90859f2d
font_02_sfnt_off00011e41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E41 17860 bytes
SHA-256: e2de1728a4b22e757268b5c173663da4ca1e99996ee725ac13bfe8812d36a2d1