Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3851071fdd58d55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 15:54:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 0c59ef6b30cc03ec070059442da7522f SHA-1: 223fbdb0f61dd1f1aad10fff8158a83fc32c0614 SHA-256: a3851071fdd58d5510f97bf26851d005c9268c7b196857804e22295ea10c93a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qihuhj2am0ut4h8oagssk7d2ba/bufatojekupobakugowibij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p759vn6pj87u2c2pv37r0dociq/42674844029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/718b6ee33835c0bba7132320581b3c8d/77190355599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0135baf04---89002935037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f38fec3fd79f25169e4ecc71dbb23ee4/65826973332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cbca325b3d62828559d208a4bbc83d4/50700128141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210626040945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/602cc3a973f1a2206e13c90f5219ee06/83606716193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608831959bced---11685554847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/34514911680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adarshvidhyasankul.org/userfilesfile/dixerazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a830a8a951a---xepegetanoferezeruxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609830d2770a8---rowisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/64024740862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiwuregolobimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/bawemojisufuzula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aclamerica.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/99185860980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68f66fb8b0af5a81a5938e74f0de3868/lexunibibofujuwozazevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/ponokegebajaropimipisul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/konusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhsclassof63.com/clients/c/c8/c8cc7cee7579ddcd469b669c0eb172d8/File/24443639047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/88064272497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715bc75d14a---77670338748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=questions+and+answers+of+the+last+lesson+by+alphonse+daudetPDF 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_off0000fa4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA4B 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 1b149880590c12b1dd55604cba653b89fe5255fd71b49869f3215cfdd78b918b
font_01_sfnt_off00011404.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11404 16844 bytes
SHA-256: bf649e8a3bb9281827db84c202d1d5dbd7189ddd793e9d8507fcee1b40d50901
font_02_sfnt_off00013f6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1