Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d61e170a316aace…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.8 KB Created: 2021-07-21 15:38:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 72396c4779a54cc5fc3117b20b0ce2de SHA-1: 2611b47e198c1bc75b36fb677e09d280ca58485e SHA-256: 3d61e170a316aace0b8a175cf46efda8eaad3b19fad7317a1500de834faadb7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to obfuscate the links or perform further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1ddd22bcf---19670983331.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/2317430770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0f09c0eadf---2427737988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siembra.me/uploads/files/gapulaboxirewejutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-la.com/uploads/files/koluzisesirazebuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b3eacdccbcb9c175ae6376165c49464/27946098988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd85b6a2b4d---46561479849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents//files/sowudovojumipimobipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a9b401c81---fabowurevukoregipuniwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/fapuwowemikotariwavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liddellgaryfamily.com/clients/863293/File/67967891758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/isf6frhi29fbao03t68brvker8/bogelebuvizido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/pamuwowodawemubiroxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1h4mh9rde16l15gj209cg2qvmt/zejobatori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcrainhwy.com/uploads/files/56025880540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95598304590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa8c8a732b---53130332709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmitrovka-zn.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxoduzivexilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/72107728177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa7eba7a9e7dbacc9441a4417e9268a8/saxeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ad5051db1---97783256256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/14427779976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/fewasiwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90a4a98a2c---jukagutuxesofiwunen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championsview.net/userimages/buzijusadesaviremaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/55475033823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25a5217c976f1749544fa4f431b3a58b/42561241041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=using+the+graph+below+select+all+statements+that+are+truePDF 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_off00012f9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F9C 18124 bytes
SHA-256: a877623836a9744a7ae6cd828b6f1353b6e5f965f82de9f0f6bdccc4dc71b728
font_01_sfnt_off00015fbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FBD 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 5ef8948287b3ffbc4146805b4b76f8530010bb95c0732a01c745a9f3bd774888
font_02_sfnt_off00017975.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17975 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1