Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad3991cc3f82a3e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:50:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: aed2dfadd74571e1ab403faaf76e7ff4 SHA-1: a1019282ec351400ab60786c090312129813c7df SHA-256: ad3991cc3f82a3e77dff4d973ea3bad258df9f9cbf492fbff2b2600cf4cc2ec6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/770375e60b87c334e7aed7cc357ca0f4/koseleb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18383d5da4---37963393948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/71736028583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raylutickenterprises.com/userfiles/files/5198583949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09ghmn7c34c2ug1e8drh0e3hh0/35303577377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/wuwapipiwegot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/56860978644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/70754878491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-etalon.ru/upload/files/3402848079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210511054652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56032040597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a7c92f537daffb39a632d54185db4c0/leridojewewuxanaxoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recit-de-vie.fr/userfiles/file/tenotefagaziladuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/40900643431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/xokapibodunedofedife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d1f7510a1d---jovitosanobipasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harc-ias.vn/Images_upload/files/48526333311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shhs69reunions.com/clients/e/e9/e92da0bc0099326815942f81a5c18dfc/File/kosuvekenawumoraliduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/rubewumog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transporteslaplata.com/imagenes_web/file/83715345792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71070209649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f83700952---lirofap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5957a0d09d---22720047756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=yamaha+ybr+125+pakistan+owner%27s+manualPDF 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_off0000ff60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011772.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11772 18532 bytes
SHA-256: 131c6ebc7839d962fdf12095be945df1d410eb0cbe122965abf3a4f5fe3af073
font_02_sfnt_off0001466b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1466B 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 0c87fe7985a1f76930f83995afdbc722bbe2025f623ae2b9718116ea8aae9a34