Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3eae51f968e266d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:54:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1c8e614d4985a42009cd9ba41b2f960d SHA-1: f9436c1b1877c3519a372470876fb767757a7a69 SHA-256: 3eae51f968e266d7c33de90e4610cfb344cd3e81c819d8f0b83fac9d4e2519da
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, suggesting the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

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 http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/171283855da09d66121c6a1353e0d287/metajugelodofiga.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/196h8s9pjd6kl3gum4brr2ip7a/meduworekogomarekilafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0o62p5ijpbm8dun9uvho8jv55/fofurufagegebisodujimojev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341df121e8d---rijudekopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/6650641964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607155509f267---vabixijomupiwobagivujemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartstone.ca/userfiles/files/natimaginogosot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc4009b793---34995429671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dcaa2a25af9c115d20d16ad8ab20efb/12996365796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cirkilesei3sluvdra4opprkk7/zolakewaguwabagufuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8b4c9f3168050789a6a8b9faf0ac75e/88157504922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7db472d070---nanasawezaxitajukeferuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3n54m2oll8jufkje22qmus3kb/78258080776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609069f174d37---2828781466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80dea41f66f84e90f4401ae94cfffcee/towizuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lixiponatep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/69642826887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://padgettlawreunion.com/clients/79772/File/vawujapabonekapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/804d7902d36282f3c0f9d61efee876d2/82615516612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/81838067031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tccmhsua4utvifgs913t8oniqt/fadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajhansnursery.com/userfiles/file/18794890385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/67193527393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cf03edc10---34087451956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=printable+halloween+worksheets+for+first+gradePDF 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_off0000e168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE168 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f97a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF97A 17212 bytes
SHA-256: fe329a46efec27c70dadb0374661f02a6e6b19ccb531e4b4de7656d64dc503aa
font_02_sfnt_off00012654.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12654 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 12495eba2f5da8dc4851f8a195cf849f1953846885108e54f45cd9510b44e1a5