Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f8953ab1cd5f6f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:06:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 82ee977fb5c58f62c3c519cf59a3b7e0 SHA-1: 9a9b7d552c096d676dba42469e34c547bf2c67f1 SHA-256: 3f8953ab1cd5f6f5bb0ca60bb4227a35b01f0c1580791655460cd68593049f23
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, including those pointing to compromised CMS uploads, strongly indicates malicious intent. The JavaScript likely serves to execute further malicious actions or redirect the user to a malicious site, while the link farm aims to obscure the true destination or distribute malware. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://saeronbio.com/userData/board/file/10279197521.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thumpamonpally.com/userfiles/file/70801457240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/87672135578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079459dd0fbb---44630209833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/38094088467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/36004648315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/kewejutukefegiropig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/67984253102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b05fc7efa34cf03559b3a8a0db726cc3/gidirebijuwugonaregezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saunadlaciebie.pl/userfiles/file/sijokunepovebinajevogig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/568988966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/lelavotexizefuvoxalofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/zudavoxixosexuzakaleziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24f95f26f361a0d7e106df93d06f8527/poruduper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/zibererabefufejufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/35702939467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/385863fcc089856bbdd511f6e3c5bd8b/45948094961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5d9i6ksn6jjhn8nvtksbac750/xidebawopodosejimawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fwullong.com/upfiles/editor/files/nedikekojusumovudogil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/diwazafudezokofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd500916aff---zamigizovizejoferigasipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.com/upload/files/44476010971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/12786181173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vientangluc.com/upload/files/4766181891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=list+of+moment+of+inertia+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_off0000bd1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD1C 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 4ed398959df4824f76a83caeb09f0c4cf6aa2061c5dd4a54ab6123c92e846d76
font_01_sfnt_off0000d531.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD531 16928 bytes
SHA-256: cd9d764c7ec26611628597fb9161c8dea8e6883060abd2a6e7adb7ab8a5bd3af
font_02_sfnt_off000100fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1