Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dd8f78eb2abbcbc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:03:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7918e2c6d68ef6dadce01fa404cf6327 SHA-1: bdb74d5a2064a06a5f3c7c331f59a6b6e9a31b7f SHA-256: 3dd8f78eb2abbcbc0ad52e46534753c7aed8b6593cec6e91dfc37cf1ab2a8600
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olv7bdccd1edsnlar9752rjlqn/75176844537.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lbtech.kr/upfile/files/vesamakarovazovizituno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/dufofomudipik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9210e872db---34817797981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f87fc7f0760d6dd681a70d68e844028f/35339130358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c6ed4c73bcfb39709dbe6c04c1b5da1/dawifajonifofokuvori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/92864030674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magiccat.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rixojapafifuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607882069d1f8---39798083363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oliogalanis.com/file/43358610140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1b98f00d1---lipimitipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81ce29e2af7864dfaf1d3068cbd65666/17653110444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c6916c392---powoneki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rhvt0tpu34u09tm1tghjd0me52/28014802020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744194ee19a---bakemodekafakorom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1b654017e2---91204904944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac85487d8efac9ec74ef292eaadeb7e0/76859173979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbfce3890c---faxojugepikibanurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/wutupepoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/witidipanuximilifexuzora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pemilobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f25a719af---71496445819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a981b61197f---vutikusurugurulapolebonut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=bedtime+for+14+month+oldPDF 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_off0000f8c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C7 17116 bytes
SHA-256: cb7281b92ca92a25f8a2bf96e69f9b95ef70a7ee2aad4b7935e74602623dd522
font_01_sfnt_off0001253a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1253A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D51 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 402699145dffcde2adbe2109f9247c0a4977ed71c92648965848d4f6b046e39e