Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e44ac8ea023a46e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 12:21:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 903473980ce4fe83c3dee21aac5b6112 SHA-1: e0cb652732f08247103bcfb3444d8e3e84c43750 SHA-256: 3e44ac8ea023a46e6080ab56b9ae6fcc5cea418c20050c2373e6ebf33de3d803
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely directing users to phishing pages or malware downloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports malicious intent, potentially for exploiting vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+scan+qr+code+from+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.frank-diagn.hu/userfiles/files/40441988271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210910142858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhilegia.com/upload/files/85602245368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c432f5547d---winukiludesoxegulibiwokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7039490687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59491116153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1739fe7aece67f5aba7a0de28b6b005f/pekonoremuxotimaxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/guwegujitopexatosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/11758562239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b76d3eb80a---49679333035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/fofasiwefafevotawagena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/toxidiremowegevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoon-source-harmonie.fr/public/file/1449266538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1631437838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.campacinter.com/image/upload/File/zebuwinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosaison.fr/userfiles/files/74498555881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/plutplj15lv2emhf5vdotv0n56/fitewotesunesemejevelekix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/birujibunun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garnizone.com/userfiles/file/40238553207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9131978672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreptultau.hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/72903782987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolataggiasca.eu/userfiles/files/71602349408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woletusawejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/13008104271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7935c113c6c06b6845f4c8206ea68c6/86640829277.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_off0000ca50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE267 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 02d6a4c94eb27a28fcbdf9a07f1501afdded621eac38dda04a2113ab05ecced7
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB26 17556 bytes
SHA-256: 68e9faadc1864fdce7b2a95504204e9ec53bcf3c0fd61403a5b0758cd6334b3a