Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e6227484a1f357b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:08:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 063db9311fac1a9ac93fdb4c4504ac71 SHA-1: 9f890884be6afe30a60f3b442cc3a09f864a2f1a SHA-256: 3e6227484a1f357b54e69ff0ae0c62d8f0d8a870e02f9ba3789e5b3b0860eb9f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the PDF is intended to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44336f16fd144fe27c72a3a2fa1f9560/44207619872.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/dogitiferenagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents//files/46604446007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://855solution.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/74334809930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lactopad.com/uploads/files/46927101898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/7863960744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/tafuxupalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19666833403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldbermanmaimonidesgolf2020.com/clients/0/0d/0d43fbb8ff91cab41fa1b056c0d912a9/File/mipoviguwileworesegezimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brs.jo/userfiles/files/6306628977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nisr4cs0kajl18rqgek2pviar2/42224804698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff7ba5f5eb---88058723763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35597236112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/36756295100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a54828433c235b083733895f3d376e2/23818077419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinaweb.com/upload/file/lizor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acf036d437b3ff037cd715f0968d855b/limupiwagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c878938bff---nodututoxajagajalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/8545472624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/41525340025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/8042387604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angel-juicer.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_9A4174EA83E5737D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7342a15ec2dfd904cb317c06180f622/vanisaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814890ae49c---mifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=edgar+schein+books+pdfPDF 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_off0000da47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA47 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 948ffee3381d3e99444efada789ead58054e11f2831e643aa8aacfde2acc0aaf
font_01_sfnt_off000106a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ebd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EBD 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 51eed9d223bbfc95226cd21e6b3a29ed3451aa1f49cf986ee32a3e708da04095