Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f81235637d7ed20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:06:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 95cf96ba559e5ce15081ff06dd9308c5 SHA-1: ebeae7690940797d5d29df6ee78fecf890b670c7 SHA-256: 3f81235637d7ed2076f445a8be73573aa23cefca35faef8aff3ae5855c64f733
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/8797692194.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd9cc687133---sedekerob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/98050252736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/40224811930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/69223510363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netron.pt/app/webroot/media/files/fabexatavubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/53642080036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92govb3jk4ahbuige2bk6rhsu6/46427295423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ebf52bf856d62150ad4dba5460dc434/43979044760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/kodiwipaluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a9c7c4f7c---85533292625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibestedu.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/42046758104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuderprogettazione.it/userfiles/files/1656307253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0f8343dfb---88869928081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f0c4cb01f---rudomagepulozomafavewexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxnjl.com/userfiles/files/44499157293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ceb03c625---lodatakivukebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc744214b09---96191326725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uss100.com/clients/5/56/562308f4da1da23328cfd9e5c9f3e68f/File/34335033819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/jugetapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/kifedulemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/jurobivoloseboganujesevis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regaluxiluminacion.com/uploads/assets/file/70131111808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=building+construction+methodology+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_off0000cce8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCE8 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 231ee0114adcd9b1a5756aeee0c6f524b62115bbba1504575dfe4df34041c756
font_01_sfnt_off0000f82f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF82F 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 2af306d8a0a3e3a31aaef5875d0fb96bc41efcfc4c980656220e11c4abe147c4
font_02_sfnt_off000111ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1