Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e6b439f00c57052…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-07-05 09:31:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0cfff7a050fde73257c53c2e8328ebc0 SHA-1: 0716a0d8840fc1318fcebac7bcba93ed16a91324 SHA-256: 3e6b439f00c5705233c8f91b299a6a1f772e3812e98f85ac86427428266db4b5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mulberry+hill+by+the+lodge
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d452a60ac2b---20647356403.pdf
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/43864493510.pdf
    • http://uitvaartverzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/fafoziwimotajotunikoka.pdf
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e437763d3---31606125055.pdf
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b07f94641a342e3898d06d6e2757040/43895731131.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da7852401f---18226020277.pdf
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/zubudojepepivaw.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5i840su12u11hd8flusq8dur9/sifibumokesatutowulakezab.pdf
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4182605d5---85426803151.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5e33d6527---satewejabapalobu.pdf
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/950f53331f95cae3f95908cab319b5a8/755027477.pdf
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b183c94e732---kojuni.pdf
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a26911cc38---49237866651.pdf
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e463e32619---defepazipigajulasoga.pdf
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8af95d636e---51153634648.pdf
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61fc7a6530---89001368715.pdf
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe74dbbd0affaedc2e0f2e4ebbcd265b/18297112172.pdf
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f906d86f23c11640b8b0ab998aa7a48e/birefigogivovikise.pdf
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a74dbb4b32ba8a74f92556a72862f16/40310768255.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ae0454fb9---wuxevewepori.pdf
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5lkclvltvmt75c7ck7bm9e154/50084550685.pdf
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d8f724e86e7e72b71c64217568a3ff7/nerawenevowulajugodof.pdf
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/zonunorigesub.pdf
    • http://longearedhounds.com/clients/65743/File/84364327548.pdf
    • http://dighakanchaninternational.com/FCKeditor/file/80720401429.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c22b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC22B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000da42.bin
d9ce6a70f443b17473d04e862fa33a98bbf7d1c24ce8cb874c68e029231910d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA42 10440 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1cd.bin
7d9f84d66840a4a00948c893f98087114b2f2c98543fd9651df0a5208c631ef9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CD 16684 bytes