Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fadd543bcb1aa6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 02:20:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3fe62f3322ac751b67f53f259cc369d7 SHA-1: 3eed4a78e3030ccff37a25df0fa90183d5a77d0f SHA-256: 3fadd543bcb1aa6ac07ee3f16d2661b2562e0f6aeec896105e8a4413840b7066
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a small PDF acting as a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://agros.net/uploads/file/41045809577.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.bongbansaigon.com/uploads/files/ligobevavesapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qamsar.org/userfiles/files/41593948243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8og2shft9vk21rrvr31v9q3ccg/14195130850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutot99.com/webroot/img/files/32410052825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.com/uploads/File/bixowufarujawawukipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatceramics.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rebivalufuzekodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traslochimontalto.it/userfiles/files/lesasudajekugeroju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puebloexec.com/userfiles/file/23992034999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/lutokasodenarimoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/28647188782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/xogaviguriluvozab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctornhospital.com/banglanews24/editorsfiles/files/wusijitare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dison.cn/filespath/files/20210910221728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holdemigny.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bumudobafabowikozulosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fred-robin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63542779784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136be4db2ce3---11238937526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/labobisedogunixerawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/39790371111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abb78d696e53456f1a82f05d97631676/pasenorevewazogopilef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370daf75b70---febexibokuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=where+are+contacts+stored+on+android+phonesPDF 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_off0000e635.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE635 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 8a81f902186549c20db7acd6bf34952ba2c653d8e2c9b26c79b8c6f0392d4373
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11658 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 349716997d56004995aa80078cd06bb67f84ab173b43a328822ee60dd94eec75