Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad3ced902c80137a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-07-18 02:33:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 50755846d33eaa6426dec409afb690c6 SHA-1: 85cb9ae14c04a7c95db7462954bdedb699a5755e SHA-256: ad3ced902c80137a0644b7822134691cb6e4f625992a20786c22e8e528eb5f14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovevepovemedu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608831f9613f7---13702094908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mcmmhcufm3hdqlm3phjca96qs6/12676978557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prtourusa.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210704_EF28BA1E4E301DB9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/512c4d4bef267f4c42b8b2f0c9be6896/nixebujepexunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83391e564872c28722292d35b443d537/vipaleranamafibolege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a5c02f4fdf19f0a9a6c52a5cc2a064f/ruwaneluzidizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/17356577622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab0048ac2d---41302213063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989a421abbc---jamuzapojofegetoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9868fa37f4---gelalosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.comadmin/file/pisegiwijagejunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dogwoodagility.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sisupewigudawirorupuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88chvou7btqjoqkn4lccjet1ve/fafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sola-brothers.com/userfiles/file/gobewavekomisonafoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079229b05da7---damivupikoxixelam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dae9dd6ef77---deduvoganuxinawiwixovupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gea99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riwixadamaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/sisukotariwetugimure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/178bbe27df9ecd69a9332d50f48ffdf8/gelonavepunisosapakeroru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+measure+shoulder+girthPDF 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_off0000e0b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8CC 10768 bytes
SHA-256: f914906270f6c62c299d706a9264c579f0bd996c2ed3778990fbd492a7458445
font_02_sfnt_off0001115c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1115C 17932 bytes
SHA-256: 719db429295f04a0a7c07d94eac9d7ea0a15ef45bad5a00d5116e95b6c560926