Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d29723bf5a81190…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-08-15 02:03:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: db17a6691b55a35ccc834ca43d36941c SHA-1: df460302c21e6ff36c70ab78c0eb2e51142a98db SHA-256: 3d29723bf5a81190b51e603ca2ebe11834fe1812874531c69f95cf0cb9986f85
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites or the download of further payloads.

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=simple+combining+like+terms+worksheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3217386c9d32242edd462090cc08f790/10984761447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldwalia.com/userfiles/files/86971413233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namhunglogistic.vn/site/files/pafuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79b9710ba8ea052a7c6681d2b6b3e131/27611437561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rococosofa.com/files/files/boxiworigiwivejisoridig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38109f1ace5c9ff98503a856e2b59c64/40912427810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiorampinelli.com/file/53037893822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5de982173---fitoxatimokakovexelitaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/84672229304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/39392292977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonforville.be/documents/file/jazerodovovegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/muzevatarojafujadezuwoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanzmendia.com/userfiles/files/kegotumaxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29207140181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womenshealthcarenp.com/clients/2/29/29a32d4da59f0b4eaa4573e1354aeabc/File/kupiguzofulovuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/nigetegisajabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/13189353570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c595e7853f8---46026456188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e16665b9e---84020770628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0352e881b---66636326706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78072ed597---26522468766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/matojiremigibomunivofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cc6537756---60446337571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f12c62c31a3da9963df65b0c270600d/54843544493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94687d220a14b04ccab75fb5de62a36c/51682092581.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_off0000d294.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD294 11296 bytes
SHA-256: c2d0350dd55c11ff8778091f8940aaad352731c8f1467a9205c5de8277568d9d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC77 16756 bytes
SHA-256: 83642219f4c27a3ce7efc48f2b5f2285e03479677c6ce44dd007b66fa4d1d9d3
font_02_sfnt_off00011805.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11805 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1