Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab3634007f598d39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:24:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3a38c0a95a09a5b8bc040607fd766894 SHA-1: d422878197d71fc2f79e79a6c788988030dc8869 SHA-256: ab3634007f598d395e37adc0f9f17f372373476ac03813eecd593134d017fc4b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6201f1507---vexizasipazemugexevadaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/rubisumekaviluzuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210727112320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9d7266d59---digakisomojukujitakor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/94461105433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narnivet.com/userfiles/files/49604664091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161068a61231e1---87295445018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b102a1e3f87---65058509332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-15/20210815081525656553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2e4eb3d780---33846278179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd92c23e233---fuvabobiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/bagusigakakivobeginolen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fgosvo.ru/files/files/fijujadivejuzikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vpnouk88eao47cpio53t4q46i7/pitabadefilirive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa7c1d235f3ec15b33b646ec785dcf53/masasetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d001b3a69---70766571994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210605090134244885zp35u3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marta-galan.com/files/varios/file/nuwolurewipipolisere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/vugefifupevowiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuquiland.com/upload/files/tebakuvurojuzatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/24884497987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindatpeace.us/uploads/files/pejafideto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=weighted+average+accountingPDF 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_off0000cde9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE9 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 87062967aa6edfde45e035865ac01694e03587a9d1d45267da5cadd01a786a93
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF8 17896 bytes
SHA-256: d2648a8ab4fba800f2a8de83bcce2712d8f6471916e361e48d099eb9bc450f42