Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f02e17e5de4df8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:26:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 86cd808955ee6b6eaead62a5a487f272 SHA-1: 18876ef212808888c8901c73c1c96b231e6669e3 SHA-256: 3f02e17e5de4df8eef3ff183586539f916ebe5a49b936e10897e8f255801aa5b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papixupitos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099dc1f99625---redutinozagoriwanegumejut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cdafa979b---98437505533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3h6k204lg4vuqa7p22i0492p13/muderujelujabedigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.juniorcollege.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36053790209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robinsonfamilyreunion2021.com/clients/7/77/7769cd5c98d63cfb9738ae2db1c5c42c/File/12407565267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d4ca94a2ea---suxakuwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd0fe42b32b885607287c900646a3009/fexuretukujesinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aff4d151aca---fulikumatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba23e90ee83---pezuxokukupasavavusilex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/jejoremejak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e614e77fcb9---5158734428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthuantelecom.com/upload/fck/file/48187151036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/54426803695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-br.ru/img/file/koxumojasajepalofozufid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a177927dcb6---debesolawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ac2027aecd04dcb64df4edaa49f52cf/rijananuwedes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/94857500341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantex.org/tantex/tantexuserfiles/file/90571211589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77014104362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/9069522273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d922e41673a---16468313081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/38101603345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=embedded+sql+and+dynamic+sql+in+dbms+pdfPDF 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_off00013a25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A25 10844 bytes
SHA-256: a00e882ac4daf5abe4a6259c80cbba57e3ba1e796b34ab19a0d9d70092fd979e
font_01_sfnt_off000152b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152B1 19188 bytes
SHA-256: d9fee1b68aba9f35243312eb637f23898c0e1f3951525b9436aea10d4505dc80
font_02_sfnt_off000184b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x184B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1