Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3e84e4155ea0d32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-08-10 00:45:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 72c21f4ca0f443a0e459208a12aa2345 SHA-1: e54b10b9dc051bf312bd0bd3b512e6f479c9b5d5 SHA-256: a3e84e4155ea0d32c229cabf75ad92b06988600d7eaf37692a0cf0d53bcc533b
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. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates these links are hosted on potentially malicious or compromised infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f315027a70---50992889935.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/files/jukamulagipof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/65046004745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroshima-teishaku.com/userfiles/file/63344327226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/somaposodumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eee268cf1d---53401410042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtreurope.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11747852999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/20994101270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/83284533816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/religasefajojapupufelak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/72776447285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a934ea6b776---68014130531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc69700f28---zewiratutotazegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/79554936416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermangroupcorp.com/clients/3/38/389628ddbd62db2fa1e4299ecdfc1861/File/26502003152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/94124086048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de933342cc---67762513574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/40691463928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/56061498730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fa3beb360b47310390f083746f00a23/59807232118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97e03361cfc29904bd15a8fff903d3f9/peloxodawununawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmickino.ru/sadm_files/fumadujoluxapug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1be218383---ravefoxulasulujemipala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/140138c671cb0414feb3b8d5d3257e3d/198694975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drisraadentalcenter.com/userfiles/file/lipedurabaxudebabukilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+knit+a+bernat+blanket+for+beginnersPDF 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_off0000f52c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF52C 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 14d20f72fe4741bb215b39e657e68767996563ac76cc9cd95578003b345f3cac
font_01_sfnt_off0001222a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1222A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A41 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 952ea0035352d9b1ed2b2d31cc827c438a10ec2932a4ec5264aa4dc130542440