Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3563a28c560bcc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:33:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 04e84bd7b5ef892eda7ccf60bfd141a5 SHA-1: a5ce74f521d387a531afcdbdd0a9764a2ed13372 SHA-256: a3563a28c560bcc633a86e5661ef9e7c20725c2cd8bab0741dc00025d435b175
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to phishing sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5i83ho1ag90ljtp6hlsu01rqf/jopajopefewegapev.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://winfielddeli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3586165960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5e0er7rfv6pufc8ljvi9s6t87/14380770257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c26970caa66---83952606391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094433553fa9---fotugif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2q4fv7uj4c75qig87idng59uq/mozikoduxutot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db3a20b16e---minajuvezojero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9fd80a5168dfaa4079e6fa689b72564/vejozefirulezunamiwizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/31504044091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2707d63768---10720555588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/voknss1g4lduvicamjbjjb40b6/31063942100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/940684b37045af0e7f32d56f31b30086/ponekuviveditagedunegone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/86525052985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10653168f8---modagixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/78196254407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2dd47d5125---tifepedevifomejeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa68d06e85---24357817044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mimarkamilozkartal.com/userfiles/files/benivat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16cc4885e20920fb0e873bfabfc232d4/suwulunes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkcophs50threunion.com/clients/0/01/014062e559e26c1cf0711bcec4e573ae/File/ragumawewigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ko5bc5p9b2dif0f3mfp0jnjg4/95939854430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758caf8de42---12685991076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825ec436c1f---nufumikivinevavebefoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=a+is+for+answers+pretty+little+liarsPDF 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_off00016175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16175 18604 bytes
SHA-256: e84e49a514850f3bd1fd54db18ab109a53a07782727e48299f896297834c8289
font_01_sfnt_off00019212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19212 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001aa29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AA29 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 943cb62a867eb60f3743c4ec1548070b96d2a0487dd636ffeb3c2adc0c684094