Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e08e516b4e3f5cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-08-19 04:40:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f8f8d07e0d0ac29a38afe049ef443c56 SHA-1: 3971ed85d14fd144d10184fe705edc12641c46f6 SHA-256: 3e08e516b4e3f5cfa9fa38f7c69b4912775a96e12955df8030a43945a6f3f37c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-7-17/20210717151645441420.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39b2f003a12dfbd52403781ce1fa6e00/tubekasaterazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/68573328139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/nasowenenanulivewufaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d31fdfb5afecdcbc85996a05091dd43/75078682244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/th9i7uefrqvn1l6tr0ikqcm57v/dakolebasataxisizad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1df016d5893b1d5266d0775d1e92439b/32529596006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urotunisia.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/94788733844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-mst.com/mst/_upload/files/65810008171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec5ff8a63e---57510922456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahluenfty.com/userfiles/16513971261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverthesky.it/file/48818805252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dv479uiqgcg0tcbk7eqtc9ho5/5081274285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111a04e54ad7---15762111888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2ivf9rn5rpth8ppcdbqm5tf93/nudemiguzugemijeredokope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/disaragop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/92599739099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21283796570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074845778683---refuxamugafefijidun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947accaee1e---jemiwulaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/buvag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/99646728435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnjc3nmhqd8d3jfqh9ja9ufrh1/dutupolopisuzokitozeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drakbera.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejajedoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c48b55a29---mezirexuzemibusoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=is+asus+aura+sync+goodPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e00e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE00E 16620 bytes
SHA-256: ecd86f6882f72095e627ecbd3a28ef1f3390f3ffed2a690f2dd0a2ff9cd1065a
font_01_sfnt_off00010b08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B08 1696 bytes
SHA-256: 6a75b9764b76a2c6f7d152a8c92a24b73a4a005bccce61d7a5a969a6a70935e7
font_02_sfnt_off00011325.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11325 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012b3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B3C 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 048054e60af3e884afab9b6ecd9dec5bbf661b354852fb66962004d7438678fa