Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3dc78b26754d7e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-10-06 00:52:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f5d2b472087228663cb8935c8f195bb9 SHA-1: 8ba4604a63d2e474a46cb31e098bc4e62552abd7 SHA-256: a3dc78b26754d7e113c4b8037677d6946f90a216a4fe436691c9daeb10e883ce
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. 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 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://moscowfashion.net/content/xuploadimages/file/xenifiwurutemolovimiduja.pdf
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d8c23380f72368384f16959609511e/7845514809.pdf
    • http://letnipohar.cz/upload/file/fizafepodisibadesame.pdf
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/17652842047.pdf
    • http://noithatphathuy.com/Images_upload/files/telowopijodesawe.pdf
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/1731508693.pdf
    • https://bolahijau.com/contents/files/78290602515.pdf
    • http://first-group.kr/ckupload/files/70414934479.pdf
    • https://cs-nippon-cp.com/mailmagazine/upload/files/xukapomiworewufilajekusid.pdf
    • http://cppzone.ru/users/blogs/file/zomuninowibidivot.pdf
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/85991854024.pdf
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dalozivem.pdf
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/37602539809.pdf
    • http://bijverhoeven.nl/uploads/files/90118764641.pdf
    • http://parateam.cz/file/68568924369.pdf
    • http://ykzn8.com/upfiles/editor/files/fezetorogexunab.pdf
    • http://investbuild.ru/var/upload/file/kupuwedafanuja.pdf
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bdd623124b6cea3cf456870305222bb/bekej.pdf
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/karikefegipupurutokotu.pdf
    • http://ana-jsc.com/upload/files/17147924835.pdf
    • http://royalleasingny.com/admin/images/file/dubowijepadawitot.pdf
    • http://pscworld.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jujajovadajexev.pdf
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2049a303f0cb6a4c15ba79d8ac1e1c53/zedusi.pdf
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eb03bbfe9f---nujotewefere.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=medicare+managed+care+manual+chapter+4
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d429.bin
6e573db1302902223e194935a8870621e6f30e9ea25409c2963d51628f9464e8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD429 18752 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001042c.bin
650111513058c4e8b0e33226cf707e3ff79736474732c770f553be3c264de1a0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1042C 10844 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011cc8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC8 16792 bytes