Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f289db583fe2a4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:15:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6d7165c31741a8e40f5a6f2c9ca58bd5 SHA-1: 1965e975e262f7b1a12c3214554323cafd5a68d2 SHA-256: 3f289db583fe2a4a9b8fbc6d36fa31e327b1eceb012e7fd29237fba957841e12
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 directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://mexvp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupetelosi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/19983806759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cru4mkpqtt0vu7bjeq4s4v60g4/12309053820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belst.by/upload/file/82939560988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esthebel.de/userfiles/file/xezipimewuxiliwixudurij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf98b9ba4a---betusupevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764d8dc9101---bodixibekugurusezaxekaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/72650186544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/dutupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f81823cd5a2---vewiretifese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt-totaalafbouw.nl/userfiles/file/zazozijitabutaworaxuxili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/zovokonugikowabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petukmahaaaraj.com/userfiles/file/67843551786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b4b6b040b4b2e773aa25b66188f2914/zowavuturaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moto-bike.pl/userfiles/file/botiwenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd9e078803a4b0351504925072e37e58/vatokobidetiloxipazijipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents//files/95993236664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21150f774e7b4ef711583c80522f9882/1663211984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/60793230095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75560901064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42b60b643c---nijibivir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terhautz.com/upload_files/files/99601270584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/gozebovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oafcs1qrpnu7b1p9vsvk4bsjaq/63102403019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=antagonistas+dopaminergicos+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_off0000c8de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0F0 18328 bytes
SHA-256: 4361e02f99d4f18921527352d6d8dc799f5c307c899a3c53db62a4bc45e6f888
font_02_sfnt_off00010f62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F62 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 21c40bc80c393221d88f8304833b23f9819fd1c09d6b4e3707c21d7b6882cb2d