Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3de548b9c2554cc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:47:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7d0722977f4c26e06a634927b19da588 SHA-1: f38462a55e6d2e9eafd0a077380dbc208717e1a4 SHA-256: 3de548b9c2554cc625c2dfd812cb609d5ae971b1d0d5126303b8952ca7738bf9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple potentially compromised websites, including WordPress upload storage. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature, likely intended to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefomuguvaxosogafifux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac93c432d99---koxumasewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartwealthhk.com/userfiles/54895337276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuderprogettazione.it/userfiles/files/90668279638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umrllc.com/userfiles/files/kaxuperewabawoxipevetuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/64726933941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/48798540106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laiyi-art.com/userfiles/file/xupibotazagowati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/5166004131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef8b4cfc88---25463812976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satisfytech.com/ck/upload/files/pasewofabepogaxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://path.mn/userfiles/files/5224964923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ab90e5c7188445ba415c474faf06205/24485483556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/47669572442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergepkolcsonzo.hu/userfiles/file/tefakike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/20666407866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608550f205416---38880406816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19a2be70e3a00ab7e98ec156da752f68/pijowilidukugosofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/59074319556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fenotropil.ru/userfiles/file/78464973381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limberhurstgallery.com/imageuploads/file/leririlasafoxibejokuloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thephinhmienbac.com/upload/files/jaxibogalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents//files/tononaxusega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/613c0f0a67d53002c89208de149e5d5a/tajobalolavuvewikeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a3ebdd7428c87d56f2476eeec0b0c42/tudovufomalotidapovepek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c20f7acc1341758dd8106a6ea3dcc97d/72861860100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=antibioticos+pdf+unamPDF 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_off000101cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000119dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119DD 21240 bytes
SHA-256: 8a2dedcd74f3a3433298f7bc6a62b7288cdafb214984c35d60e7522d3c69a959
font_02_sfnt_off00015041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15041 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 20def862e952a67d63a50c036b6d171ab51e80712d99e26ac66ad44ed73e44b7