Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fa5e27cefa62963…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:53:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 989243bbf7aa9f1b6012e0d09ad924b6 SHA-1: 38afd4ed6f72a182e39812f674faebd2e5e1dc76 SHA-256: 3fa5e27cefa62963af84c578d4c583bd6440acd875e2cc4641bbdd1b83c2bc53
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised websites, including those hosted on WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d2bfd0f6b---86968182158.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///timujetesuvanafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhs1973.com/clients/64426/File/vixewurejevetifuwusubagor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c003d4bd31dfb98756237bf8f6f1c56/vazorixixudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquarell.ro/userfiles/file/sedofaveteterifunulevuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/78459942743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51bcdab9d1442743aed368485ad43ba3/43592709119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8bba9ee2c---kotasikeketonuvaxatimav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/93890712001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adq5psq92akbblt5atp3aubfa8/japugekowenofatapokepunak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/72533947502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e13380c1852f673a039b65d94f8c317a/44762257876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/galakowuninugemibazetive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/wiwoxigavedavumadigiputeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/jatubosadabapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.net/editor_files/file/87532934843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55655791202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exoticland.bg/upload/files/files/14907122508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://douzonebnf.com/upload/file///paroxezigizawoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c63f37afc---34236983620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d86dfb9194---93259687811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/16933221373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=us+army+pistol+marksmanship+manual+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_off0001172c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1172C 18600 bytes
SHA-256: e731f00c099d980e0d86ff1904c3d6578d57df5a2e63130ab6d35b655198dfe2
font_01_sfnt_off000147ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015fe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FE1 10944 bytes
SHA-256: e0f2a09d46a795052eda39cc7997b740ae1e6cd20c43ddf3ac623dd0f74d1fb6