Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ea1c3321b74de84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-07-10 09:00:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 28b2ac211924a4e49bd7e2c2754269c2 SHA-1: 6d8d64ba6e141f340e07a01e25cf397622f096e1 SHA-256: 3ea1c3321b74de84146ba9f70d1b3bf5a0221ee03755a3cf3c7a45d2ccad5d3c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/sasogamavuzavima.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ggmtc.net/userfiles/files/kotitapekepaxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/wunazolanewumijito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/dezijebufilotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sazabevoxitejedad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c46f5dc631f095c0abc3adfd36d17df8/tagudimobaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/pigufovebariwugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d30e3a42a9---mudesawolijugajovan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e380f19907e277e05356447773adf53/folos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-aqua.fr/ressource/site-image/files/66234399512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///notopup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d89579f3836ccebb0699a1376ddd5e16/80216398048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolasinprevoz.rs/slike/files/77201631244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changju-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/41901064171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spalovnachemolak.sk/userfiles/file/41561491418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/bumemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/2436363578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70e22d0f867bac923b4fff9dec117217/95330541351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a851bc67e94---rebedamululometenetikefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/076663a0658349d01d669c234d8e6d40/zovezaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9463dc7de4fb70aaf290b9b0b4aa1bbb/97472728101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/bolomopuxaxipopaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ecf10df1ef---78739089887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+fast+can+white+sharks+swimPDF 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_off00011473.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11473 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C85 16828 bytes
SHA-256: b205ebbe53c7b5430eb4419091abb347eafdbb70a47fd3697175e04952dafbe8
font_02_sfnt_off000157f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157F1 10724 bytes
SHA-256: a785051282480e7e372b6b4621c838f90e7d110b942d93ff51c6eac4d6b70cf9