Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3edddb71d98ef23d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 11:32:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d717e5830402ffd45dd6b55cf5a03708 SHA-1: 4ed0566a8303b74b05c49622295e3ae2c50d5606 SHA-256: 3edddb71d98ef23da5ff1ee4d2408f03ab5f485309f22f0420e0fc36bf51a345
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 storage 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 PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+brands+use+sweatshops PDF link annotation
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/5572192525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofegofabozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sca-eagleegg5k.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/48579065897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueparadise.pl/userfiles/file/77150418503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congluc.com/upload/files/67780278013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rcfb7a97e3oguhp9ngrm7v5ebf/bupitis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210910235231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://combrooncom.com/contents/files/801829487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitperu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11459693268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/27136495585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/59149122059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioindelicato.com/userfiles/files/fudogesasoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compow.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewenesani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pumarecovery.com/userfiles/files/67179903627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161306f98cf882---kevulitepesasakem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/gukerisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/nukiputixutoxewejeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntvietnga.com/upload/files/59525727049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bc71fc407c---70188042429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirmazandaranihospital.com/ckeditor/files/files/58685203893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/89515703105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taucaotoccatba.vn/images/news/files/zojasaxele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchterreni.it/userfiles/files/pekaxuwururezabo.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_off0000d5e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF4 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 7375c0ea9c954477a134b5b85469c71ccb41f5dbef3299870614cfa8add20bee
font_02_sfnt_off00011c6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C6A 10672 bytes
SHA-256: b9ae36b64ff888db45b35b3bfbb8b43c5848c5b646f5629db011a7d3f4ce06e5