Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f0648b59afd4ddf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:50:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: eea8bcb7e3c7cf400d4381b13e80111b SHA-1: 561b6f3a0e12d4f02cfe214869f5f3a5e2723706 SHA-256: 3f0648b59afd4ddf97b67ecb3e1950f21607cca7d3e28f86e0b46bb2eb508f3a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This indicates a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing page or malware download. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab729ad215b---didukeriraxatabovator.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://simpelms.nl/userfiles/files/68177008120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/91733338506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25045312541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78e7a1908941eda38cdbcfafd6012f1c/karinodiwesegafalolof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/7344674009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d00f749013---lemixawutaxikefinizidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096984e76324---bimibutigekudowupavivazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msnladyboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66220138250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83272698342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greengenome.in/admin/userfiles/file/fizezivaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/23018342463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/jevasudusifevetotif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abed1007c23---27960782392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/nuzuditumamuzodibirixud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/56356283218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/17932504207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87350cac55259dc497d2cbe27c2fd10b/46967647360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8c35ba0ec44ee78db176e756b3582f9/rikuvusevaleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/93832240237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betonkeritesek.eu/Content/files/gijewevodogaxuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50c0f67eba2f7392c3b3751267f481b3/vonepotuxaritijajujotog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c426e809105---gusujonusovaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/keguvejuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=intermediate+accounting+17th+edition+kieso+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_off0000cb9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB9A 18076 bytes
SHA-256: 9760adebba10cb66d5462404c95461a66c8f68f4eeb873a0de5569611236e575
font_01_sfnt_off0000fab6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112CD 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 361336857c02be07dfa5d39ca9463f446786149ed71636d471c6efdd24215a5e