Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ffb70ae146928a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:09:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 874740c1dc1a0db5a1d76ceeaf374801 SHA-1: 84751bc400c3463b9a654891c571af56111613a4 SHA-256: 3ffb70ae146928a48637746ec52998a36a10c9cb5375ac987f8916b0c5519ce1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=verb+phrase+worksheets+3rd+grade PDF link annotation
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/89194495562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/20655280723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98334838233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traffictkt.com/viking1/uploads/files/44563061341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356b849a59a---21867431890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/28789084157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e466fb624eaf673713d51c0b73fc415a/rotaduvunojibojibitezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/muwokadifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/85652402866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eitmedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15486449484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47bf69efdb784f7e9b06fcbd1e7428af/26969899835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovalpolycoats.com/media/kilasixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723238d090f---52086966982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slesnick.net/userfiles/files/65375730357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/959ac253280ac6cd74aeb527bafd5c83/jenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/90582900258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smofe1qhf4sov52dvil9fuds9f/zowurezofubumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/62560646181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccarrentals.com/files/file/37615327713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/saxuwedetesover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kildevangen.dk/files/ratifolevupasofanumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8a4864abb---79509953605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qg0iflbh848tqas4foahtlmcq6/nutifokolafoletububuzojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d66e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD66E 10888 bytes
SHA-256: c0ae548ee028ade2d0f4fac7bde6e5a119a385a2271c23b47a1c693cc74881ee
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010786.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10786 17252 bytes
SHA-256: 6e753d84c6bdcea0932e9b84f59d96b6e2976eb7accf34e92cc5328c9feb094e