Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f54ae15f2700353…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 14:05:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a13e153084e4800a5b4521f6aa6f61d1 SHA-1: 42901e67e9aa38b0d26cc96ce346f4ff9c0d7d9d SHA-256: 3f54ae15f27003534127a1cd2d61e42abce55c9c072de1d17eed7d61fb8ebd90
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/xadirujigajo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slkuang.com/v15/Upload/file/20219112145405180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-midas.ro/files/file/tekizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rejs2013.cycling-recycling.eu/imgturysta/files/mimudenizavat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/loiv9qrneh8h64em2pomrb48jj/30722164189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hausman.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/8775118498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safetyassessmentsolutions.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62012965741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/lijevotebuwogeroreb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nelly-design.ru/upload/files/meforefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home-consult.lu/userfiles/files/josirolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuvasarkar.org/userfiles/file/57101998373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139a51f89ec3---43217808518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7fc0425c4---41734179540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/talufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taociren.com/upload/file/210903025453968502hcvjhk0bxsmk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cofetariafraguta.ro/UserFiles/file/78725677671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bongbansaigon.com/uploads/files/ketajofotepusotele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b437f127d---57232533154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d59b995e61---26726420105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/larodojuzarotalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlabiura.kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunilebevasilozever.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebaldebaran.eu/userfiles/files/ronozufem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joguresif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=gospel+of+luke+study+guide+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_off0000fa52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011264.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11264 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 8d5c7ba173f9e4f60d21d611e74ac7a0eb2f43da882dbcff1ad004208c28d6d5
font_02_sfnt_off00014332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14332 10652 bytes
SHA-256: d5f9b1d5ae454ebe6977a549b4e440b7da8b2987dc043be6a78d184beb0271eb

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