Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e79fa5c26e07896…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:10:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: eef09e56870c707b1d178f7b852e58e2 SHA-1: 605632fc09944dc38cef2b4c5efc2fe6de759fd1 SHA-256: 3e79fa5c26e0789658c9109b2f6e8922cdb5477d74fb8a13231df5da1f429ce8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cessna+182q+parts+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/907316b5e077e80690b417b42d9c479b/mopudawomuratatifapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/53044620341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610be2ae50027---41519607548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/suzuwevido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japanbizkorea.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/tilusatojudemeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents/files/1070110186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3hhv7jr5mo9a6uv0beg7butj1d/53934335189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb5a4d5d33e7b35f9a2ca549b78270bd/5702735961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/37526304156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21n7s8hluo8bhvf9g6ikfcjhsu/29648056856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70c0db5a30f96b11f93173fa58f34b18/31887423501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paletydozahrady.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mojodalaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefineart.com/assets/202108/files/20210822041814797639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkyangmei.com/uploadfile/file/2021081620463473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a53d6e20c4---wisogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102fd80034e2---kijexitomekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/232cff6d5e22ea5903819d7f96c4a8fc/tukeberevobatamixez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/501e05d8c1abd3d8f66721cc8952c821/88570590914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/243420e96787c9fe60c1c9d1254a45d2/82342838297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb1a6e86d0b10f1c3b30d1522163cdeb/6624635212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/watomemazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eravukappalpalli.com/userfiles/file/67186358399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/defalo.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_off0000f23d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23D 18496 bytes
SHA-256: 440ce5500c8e63d80b082a2cf3465f8d1be05ab8278dacd892b1ecde6bbacef9
font_01_sfnt_off0001221d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1221D 10856 bytes
SHA-256: df492c0976f52a0b084e5425294119e854138fd1f6a82d8a05deb6cbe81db689
font_02_sfnt_off00013b52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1