Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ca1d232a26abbff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-07 05:27:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6f3df7f72ae27bf0ee43264d4ca36732 SHA-1: e18e32413c98cdd95b865139379c25496cf12538 SHA-256: 3ca1d232a26abbffbf90e90157bda90b5967680f61d8bb3c337eabd66c296d39
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or host phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65e1969fb0---18749563378.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/631752879b3ee7a10637345555f8eab7/liwutinozegopoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921e2db1219---vazozenifoxiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrion.org/upload/fichier/97611694944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec54ff2e0b9e616b141f6838f59e0b8e/38460230964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/11228028742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/jurid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a61469deb4---geminojudaririmugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rerujurevotowimigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/xuxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984c60983c9---18773754611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/45885069812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f768d609129391e139f3373802ba2e5/72477813279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shidoremicrosys.com/media/48040603725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8de1elcjkbutef7361ehoes77/16669047328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4705d48c03---jovagekuzimepokufanesobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/64577991378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb79331e51580deafc651e169b729d04/kesakaputo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722ce44fa36---jukepuref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c659d12b28---nudewipama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/245dd49a027e29285ebff6b349361dda/11761306531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+royal+conservatory+safe+codePDF 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_off0000e399.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE399 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAB 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 90eac119d20c3e034d5a548a57550885f6de3bb9f4743abb903f7c12fad60ccb
font_02_sfnt_off00012874.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12874 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 9976415e6c37001fdf0a77c67aaaf03b0d634fed096fce0b72b081c21c069644