Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d980df0b4f4b1f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-10-26 12:53:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 9addb270a316d4df1fdabeeb548cccf2 SHA-1: 54afb77671a48465bcea084d6ea39c69551faca8 SHA-256: 3d980df0b4f4b1f7d33f72863e6711e05e5e18a1a9d996f9e92412bdea1ea2e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a lure to external malicious sites. The PDF structure and embedded JavaScript are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/nakowidogawobabas.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140618e2d71b---vejifamadomokukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travel-door.com/userfiles/file/6343601249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbsoftware.ro/admin/userfiles/file/85160524892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elemental-ia.com/userfiles/file/pukitadovero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1617754bec3e90---89847260694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmgh6v2oo4ih1pie6ugg5n2e4n/24296393257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/64430003993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vobawakobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://justsayhi365.com/uploads/file/wofejumoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/files/rakopuxibixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16174ea44a357b---43998968288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cifphosteleriayturismo.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dajipoxalimuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f667c95a346dcaa73ca4df16affaaafc/pewenokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b9249de119---58341058885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/zivesogitasezixamebuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23978155420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ocvitlucky.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/52660922816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/46563856620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erulingua.hu/uploads/content_files/files/vigijesudilomitonemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/BGAemAmcdTc/uplcv?utm_term=when+was+first+inventedPDF 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_off0000d851.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD851 10428 bytes
SHA-256: d02c9fdf6625408080a6b4b13f9e40e4108e836607cac2145ffe0572f71e18d0
font_01_sfnt_off0000eff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF3 17136 bytes
SHA-256: e846d16b0d2ea05fb3172d6edc82172551fb020ca4229f731cab733e64fd700a
font_02_sfnt_off00011cb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1