Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f23f3d154ee0391…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-21 00:20:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4954cd75dd042597f114819eeb7b7aff SHA-1: 8390ba2f81f4937e2e39e97119c175965afcc448 SHA-256: 3f23f3d154ee039126004ad27f5fb7bd1f5050a2cb739af86d11ae60336094d6
172 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 or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links, which are designed to deceive users into downloading further payloads or submitting sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://chi-kara.net/Upload/files/xubilewexalasulapedulop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://combrooncom.com/contents/files/lejudoxasexexoded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90dd8ab0b885127c77538f93028c55e0/bamiwutenuwigupugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentbucharest.net/images/userfiles/6609658582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhtractor.com/d/files/mupapulopisivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/gumetaparidodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/12375551034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riosemarescentrodemergulho.com/ckfinder/files/37506968454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130855a9895c---mudigupujibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a7895c5c8---6446412055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_0935D1C2A7C348C2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30402092518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/wukerilajufadaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taaltoetsvo.nl/userfiles/file/vezakus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energcomb.net/cms_enercomb/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/53204777440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69419634571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunsin.net/userfiles/file/31568167817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barefoot.pl/userfiles/file/jaxazere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161377947e388b---92917863911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/4090376821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missteenqueenuk.com/userfiles/file/wajonopizilemosukefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8aildeiupu6q0fnpdpnt7qdo7/42028665312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanshapes.in/userfiles/file/waleredufofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=free+followers+and+likesPDF 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_off0000d68e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68E 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 4e839d41cfb65928da691fcbb2b2c01eda008db9b53e9328618968699fe3b394
font_01_sfnt_off00010524.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10524 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D3B 10404 bytes
SHA-256: cf9bc4207d68b8b00472e831658a3e7203f8da2cc57df4c124103077fd50901d