Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d4718f90050c66e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:13:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 14ead5180dc19845abf9c7b736827698 SHA-1: b8ce96546e4875370f3146f538c8b3bcd4725745 SHA-256: 3d4718f90050c66e46d04645bec50d306f64f079f9b281537ffdd036e0fafebd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate this is a link farm designed to direct users to potentially malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern. ClamAV detection further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516223433515931.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/94495910808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkouty.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gafuwivademiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b5249f8cde85a47e183ea920548fa16/kofokafolasuranasimulovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf785165f361559cc12e1971856e589d/kikuxixunagezokumokajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://favourtec.com/attachment/file/dafikakewepukuxegusili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/xugatogewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/84538562945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608920fa6237e---45803277057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a333267dd9d---gawipetuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f81e2e419d---jogukipimokew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netron.pt/app/webroot/media/files/20821680171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbf280703d---69258744931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/82922533980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theurbanthinktank.com/files/mamotorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/28828558005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feniks9.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pufibebaludane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/nagepolinukezafezexevidep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844a43960c9---21466318370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61397418601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707750e2bc9---46764099681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfe69a9c65---rozanidigadutamuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607398d4cb4c8---nivijejumudulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+the+word+flaccidPDF 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_off0000c106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC106 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d918.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD918 17064 bytes
SHA-256: bead8cc9dffcd0ddc86c9982e63512af3d5d8cae233eaf2ed67a0056bdda671c
font_02_sfnt_off0001058d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1058D 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 86a6fba88489ba884bed76a45691598ebc52548cf33afb32e48310c08f9237e3