Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c8f042225c655ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 20:36:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b93bd19f4a1e294c9b53c87c57e0b7a7 SHA-1: a0fe511c0f7eb9430b427dd9fe5821dc1428a4e7 SHA-256: 3c8f042225c655ec12d809ffb174c767b9214a8b3c6902c0bd287c0302b3f25f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bench+leg+pull+in+knee+up PDF link annotation
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/ravisonoxikimotar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veivel.com/userfiles/file/58250961457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c50a7a95642---45673318696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/70842229841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98q8kopli054c00teims3no35p/wudebepazidekularasanisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd98561df34---83866565951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoseneca.com/userfiles/files/8223961241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/92284764693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608550433a523---11072305551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8v2fa3s99lj55df7uhh3m8hkqa/vizobepusukibebofemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://standsimulator.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuwegose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cadd0f26a57---koxojugid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97372713139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kartplast.com/resimler/files/93852745935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf94c79a94a---vezidezokowida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/lubanubifusedulesopukodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d55d1fd11e7---12039865773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/58274573481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a2c94e19b---lenoselijikavanomasuwawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/55753678488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/56339456630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbac9b6536a---30646749874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160959a4c5dd9f---27872300164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caaac37f66---65542024045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/58612775080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c6090ac6e---xodemorekudubadode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e95a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE95A 10248 bytes
SHA-256: 12085885a743d48019a639827e6bd4be9c9b4a5fc43d7fcd0cb57b02b3068393
font_01_sfnt_off00010039.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10039 16296 bytes
SHA-256: 9728771eeafd2955948d605034756db9121fdfd1a6393f6f7548c4e3174eba73
font_02_sfnt_off00012a5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1