Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f4e32c47b4128a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:16:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cd7d480f2c29a3763e69a26948e80628 SHA-1: 3d89829b6bcbbcc34fd90c24cf8dc3dc44f6a392 SHA-256: 3f4e32c47b4128a9bbf333637bcf12ead38f556c3db2151bb94b5b632593c912
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hole%27s+human+anatomy+and+physiology+13th+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607301956d9d9---watob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wyadonline.com/userfiles/file/62673660577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da5d2f1e5a---kadafutobuwikipereneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78262163068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7659e5f9c---fosejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidbtwcreunion.com/clients/5/52/52e94d62e82ff66504c7d921fc07bf70/File/zobobojewafejefatepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/25045810915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8a3c657dda---6423047738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ckihn1rdrm94li0sd80hj192c5/duwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://em-mould.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawabufevuxegiputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khyatiinfotech.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kewopazuxira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/norakesuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/33559691431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbairs.com/datas/files/dukibazaxobigogife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c72f406bc1b---lagesufixamaxarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/rerowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91858082292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28d88d1dfa83a8d37bc51f886695b8c3/rimax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rs-entp.com/upload/file/62586404774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greentreeprep.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kibawolene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/88751946088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kppzp.pl/userfiles/file/84269814355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/51757678944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/20584085706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//55208891576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d2d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2D9 11308 bytes
SHA-256: c9089fca45904a8da70d85cfb7a7cfd889de054c78c885ee866d45432062cf75
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1D 15824 bytes
SHA-256: eb72c8756f4f37be086cfdae55ed09faf25c272efd7819edbbc4b4b10bfe2357
font_02_sfnt_off00011576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11576 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1