Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f8db67a315f253e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-07-27 00:20:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 4d4739dbf81fd144a59cb8ec52c425d1 SHA-1: bb4ec2293bd5a6b91dd21f00a9176bd4921d4c86 SHA-256: 3f8db67a315f253ed512926f140dee12fd173ca16e43e1597fe9403555696b7b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading and executing additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/ligujemifejedus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/51154884524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f26cc9d829---jufazufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/42756298978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6a242c713a---84543332611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexe7cho.vn/upload/files/87355881138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609993f86ee8c---govabake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terredellamagnagrecia.com/userfiles/files/37362865346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c7d9cf29f38246effaeee41eda615ab/83651172034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/tejisazutetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095da9b94a1d---wufajatar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/66751214249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/pomurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/maxarukokito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mav-auto.ru/images/file/44904613491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df0d04ba8d---39674444055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanhcongnghiepthinhphat.com/upload/files/36876727612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8lpg1q5ms6v1o3g9nbtig5nr2e/fibalopuximatipunilupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/takogode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c5e4450ee---kavodagakijuwaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/fewasitesaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/62725691811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurempat.com/contents//files/wezefuzinexekupifisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/xirujukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mentaplywood.com/images_upload/files/73682218826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=arithmetic+sequence+worksheet+with+answers+docPDF 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_off0000cc64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e47b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE47B 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 84530c2fe03a52b0dfda36425a59c712936ea042bfdb609a6ba6fd0ff542c6f4
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC0 16556 bytes
SHA-256: 12f8af6c0d01f2436cd88f14ff46baea00c788d394203cf94df2bef022004f9c