Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ed9ba68e4d2f580…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 11:37:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 5a84a38518a323af9b6ad8c3d99ad9e5 SHA-1: 7ac1704473dfdffa778423f16045dcfca7b97453 SHA-256: 3ed9ba68e4d2f5807a2cca266a5f6be74e9a41b75aab5f547b31bd960054777f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host and distribute malicious content or facilitate phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d24d749e29---babanijopat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa56645383---fabuduwudilominodoxuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4e2fb9592---61921194925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csnoqp4qmijb3drj70dcjbfjpi/ruxurasoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607838b4ef1cd---58566372252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607caac374a45---nipalarevirosakazakijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/lebabipaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/17221077448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aaf82ed1a5---rotugevitojanasuwewade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8ebfd7408---72557105791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d45i0pn42ibj5jflks38omjef8/naburebodowebenijakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a837ad62329---9749309826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xaydungdonggia.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/50862047501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/71262627876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609479197f361---togejubow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d37b78b50a---mekuniraromi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210626051326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b911adb98a68c7597ba61d3b628906db/tinip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/judowarowobapogekuxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://physiotherapy-warwickshire.com/user_file/file/72390431644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea334c77c4---52319889758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/234ec885cfcdb6cdb1bb620cd3db172c/6846305724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5826772753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9de700e5a6---94923523754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=general+term+of+a+sequencePDF 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_off0000ebad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAD 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 5ce0720e6cee19e63d4ab47aaa540de85ffb8277702bf0e49535d17e2d412396
font_01_sfnt_off000118a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118A8 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 88398b8584990c02e7250d44b9622bde91a907880b7b6f2870754fbc0ed33b50
font_02_sfnt_off00013140.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13140 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1