Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f23e94a0bb81de2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 17:54:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 111bae0640aa1fcf64506578fbdaaeb8 SHA-1: 2acc61e0876543c0d0b408ab0481d5372fbb31ab SHA-256: 3f23e94a0bb81de2d3d52d0ecc89b5037129cd7a1d5c06393813736ca555ea92
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate 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://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depupijuvuka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210630_150946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dac866f68c---gozofiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3uod72u40rp43l53gv80mhnmg/litiwaxisurifepikifotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rr3ld61d113jqvd5j4peeahr2v/65018243680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/korolulodexaxagigomewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/zexasorotoretop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budka39.ru/files/korevijukinamubovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607776b412232---58312134644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowitech.vn/upload/files/97589278238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/xawuxuvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a8330a40c---27539448184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ad14b75fb---sadirutadufelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/padozerebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2b679e5a725d03640d29f6902a0dbff/tejifikutijipobugoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/42218596586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fe81d9267---55928600363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c66fe66dfe---42088644035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740aab92426---luferadudivazobojitaboda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/xoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/73963426894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/576afc0af64ebf8fd8388881031d41e5/69849934836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i25a47e17pauvvm49cmoo98dk2/82878909339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=sky+lounge+rooftopPDF 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_off0000c4de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCF0 18284 bytes
SHA-256: 5f8b6207b562519c91c36825ab0c473e33eefa607f7b850bd888e2f47b226b61
font_02_sfnt_off00010a37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A37 10492 bytes
SHA-256: a88f130f3bea84bebce20f18ce922355c544d449282b3d7b813bbd20f1273a1a