Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3ecb05eb5b5bddb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:19:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 486fed8ffa9af754e7367e6cd4db5702 SHA-1: f924469f881961d510569f76e1c02a5c3c1cf647 SHA-256: a3ecb05eb5b5bddb883a07093255d229931e6300d0024e8141958b01176d8bf0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=five+letter+words+beginning+with+e PDF link annotation
    • https://autopits-directo.migrupoq.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14075369773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613336915df24---zakazogosesusegijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowprice.com/content/xuploadimages/file/4905512255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ef268b1c6---63241142933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/38621959978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a406c236905b0f482a6d32473efaaf7/80298201088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210901/file/16304627318125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b916b94c7b27770418f56ca84b5ace58/86449458886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successstudio.net/userfiles/file/29776013327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsospice.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/22513497141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cfu9bc1efac9a9azfdsb7b9d1f0j.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74850315285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363bdee3142---rurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d32453988d7170a966f939b1a1dd5093/zolexafot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcdelandes.ca/uploads/file/24995845565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/68575317547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abisspaandboutique.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/9598420468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog/file/34982689660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/gozowonono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/mokuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chandrakantmusicacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82515771587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xikomoxugofufiguni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gusanhightec.com/userData/board/file/wejegefaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otterdisplay.com/userfiles/file/ginepozebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butarajuxexeteki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup2.com/contents/files/78205935346.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_off0000e0ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0AB 18452 bytes
SHA-256: f7a8c7d2a1d3fdcbb08f5a86aa72658ee919156ac75593c07c700256ba4c4628
font_01_sfnt_off00011065.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11065 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001287c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1287C 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 9d76725b4b9701428ba3afd98e8e61827289b52782b45fc14bfbc07f62c195f8