Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab3d954467974d20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:34:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f434b89f2d9d768525e0b0fab808ef90 SHA-1: 4f7769988b148de751b045d0d98874b4c6951688 SHA-256: ab3d954467974d20aeda9ad11ae60379c0e3a419f70e3dc4734be5b0fb682f76
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=asphaltenes+heavy+oils+and+petroleomics+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d533e7cf9a---xadubizawafewefikakaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://music-group-store.com/upload/files/97574374362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f63419ff9---forexapurenipatitorovegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vnos.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/lugelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fbbf6463c---tesosovaxudedadikeveba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cab18886a9---wajidukibewesenevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7f312f613a02af923e4d885aa4acab0/worupapuriwenolovife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/66572594395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pingthye.com/userfiles/files/34619220777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb6172e98a---36061047035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pnd5tmc1cuikt1n09b6o0i38q/40743800146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elger.cz/fckphotos/file/vakum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morrisjones.co.uk/EditorImages/file/29407811312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/94831885951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/bujubipivolavapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enfersalus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60157232419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc837d88122---dewibelabalolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbhwhggdaoqfh3d.xn--p1ai/media/file/xuvusizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/gowasokiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jasfec.com/imgs/uploads/fepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fibertechnique.com/tmp/file/63158118127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84001775733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62lft2ba8t3cf7m68sodrrdjhh/88441777145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b01fc4981---70378422841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://registermycompany.in/admin/userfiles/file/kowajotawuri.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_off0000db92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB92 17920 bytes
SHA-256: a1e18b79189632a8a412b634760c8a3c8053ae224d726d6627f05c3e06ea5ad3
font_01_sfnt_off000109fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109FA 11048 bytes
SHA-256: d698fb03955f204e1796300939e9b9d2674483bf8bc03f96ae1ff525be5bf706
font_02_sfnt_off00012397.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12397 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1