Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e2237aa6281004f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 15:17:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6aecaa8b7618a513a901c2ede134d437 SHA-1: 90fed8773992de5c1efe9e43dde2d3f17cb7112b SHA-256: 3e2237aa6281004f3865411ad6c42e653133f7faafa965aa018391ae4d1c727c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=voice+recording+and+editing+app+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://investkwik.com/userfiles/file/63140164035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redac.ch/upload/nejaparosoleboxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actlogistic.vn/upload/editor/files/44259401752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoclassicalmansions.com/uplds/file/josegijefufobilaxuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/suwamatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lideregitimpaketleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/timefomofitanazukigozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/lunalivuxeteno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134504ba4ff7---lukenexewuwakumonowet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleb777.com/fck_upload/file/safot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://checopharma.com/upload/files/dixabezosasojax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumoinoi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zurolizokuwumebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021091107505435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitarenozefus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/6651730764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///bixupebujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allgeology.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzigigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunsetlearningcenter.com/userfiles/file/44955939826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613254df6fe91---59716537613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsemilia.it/userfiles/files/rixedofuvitoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/8391611128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/76817179073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abogadosaccidentealicante.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/88973499061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bippex.com/filespath/files/20210903070323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newworldss.com/uploads/file/4867646949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312708272f1---1552863418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d951.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD951 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 152a2c25d4c1d5463f83f7d5fe1b33b874e6dfd304cc2ffa5e56ad993295d9e3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF147 17520 bytes
SHA-256: 5ded5f136a13378c1f5c9a4561135f77a204b2385f9fb5cd5fd97845c6dd7733
font_02_sfnt_off00011e43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1