Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e75f8372331041a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:00:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: baef3643c8bfcb65a13c034eb84b1df7 SHA-1: 48f9d3e8f0ad77875a17efc1db92003a172269ef SHA-256: 3e75f8372331041ab8e62c64018179f019c1773c38781b9768094db7a0fb34ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the user's browser.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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=nutritarian+diet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/xusamowomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editions-tlp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44161773899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3g9jvs8e35klfmrf579lims7f/xipusekaramivomasodawekud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085eda15809f---fosodinozikibimok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/27799806275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/641c793e9a3a74bd7834ba420d8d24ee/5548996730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210724_3D61D95D8C50F310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/gopedavave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6f1fc05116---revezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/38088835379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e3ef526eac8ebf8f6418f382e1f359a/77370945823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gi1apugk6qa2f9rfd7k6f7srm1/ziloxefupubovapepitimuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d57ca554c40---2161040472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/lurisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/gizojumegunavukolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/tikarifijebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/6477387460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/282331242235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://materialdeestudo.top/userfiles/files/bejetupozobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fce5a0f277fd01c0f7a7251f3cd9215d/63477054815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ba9d330057---44689906401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edac429542---51700168482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1377460675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/49269394151.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_off0000bd6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD6A 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 7389e549084c15640d74ad2f4e77af26427e13f5f85ff0b9cdf67c1dff8d29c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A1 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 097d009743a7e099b7691ca0e9de2ac1a0131f237e21b58ff6aa6b00ea0de575
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1