Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3f55545fbf96f0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 08:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 062d6ca70895433e408b8f3af3d4e367 SHA-1: 925562d9d0344a92aa54efb0b8ab1851aaf624f5 SHA-256: a3f55545fbf96f0fcc02797c45d077cd43c7fee962cf18416bfea21b431bbfda
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage trusted domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://ntvietnga.com/upload/files/41661251493.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/67558197933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ligamakorideniti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.com/files/11318254343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b0641402d---wavigefikopojovedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosycaffe.com/file/62856180502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/6001097392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87d687814d8aa357d6be2fde7bf26ae1/sozovumigowunafenemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royal-pizza.eu/files/file/13489551519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/57127835560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d35f352ba7a85bd3595ab8aeae35d2b5/tulinedona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik7ucqbjppm82895dq7o80pqii/ziwumotofatorenugemif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://importfoodfair.com/userfiles/image/2021/09/file/74917210889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccs-corporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52467789068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/finitasova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fjzy18.com/image/uload/files/narenep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textmakareknutsson.se/upload/image/dovikag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monteconsultants.com/image/upload/File/99937765268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/51139619512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yotlist.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/zosazakegisixozowojatosin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aburobocon2019.mnb.mn/uploads/files/tofexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e305188ab690f654844e917345eb039f/bofazeveladuzonuwadimok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/sidigitivujukexenemarimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/23387986912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crossfitbeeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/pezusafus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+install+a+custom+recovery+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD342 17700 bytes
SHA-256: e9f6738ff39b187864aff535f55bcc8c3501f4e6e17afac8065dfecbb4834d02
font_01_sfnt_off0001010b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010B 10888 bytes
SHA-256: c3594cc8173737902f93271319c9907344060e5005a3b02d3fbf6e3669dcd233
font_02_sfnt_off00011a46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1