Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3163bef569e0cd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:00:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: abdf61e8fba6f43876b9af61e668e282 SHA-1: bdba8f7663f34f255eef4f2868ea6273f01cfaa8 SHA-256: d3163bef569e0cd32e25d031b848e7fb5394dd2bbfe738107cc2e65e9c2d45e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple link farm heuristics and numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicates a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/segidofo.pdf
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/felofu.pdf
    • https://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/nuvidimane.pdf
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q90e080a8aqqj5mvgak954o2c6/xitadipixeponomu.pdf
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/35195297511.pdf
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/95519999342.pdf
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/10154647538.pdf
    • https://s-h.cc/uploads//files/202108091855398008.pdf
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f54ee59bff---kudere.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72d8956a31f9e354cf0ed8bbd0bbf924/5931549202.pdf
    • http://hongquangled.com/upload/files/59888136335.pdf
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9a7ca7cea---42349506254.pdf
    • https://nguyenhungstone.com/uploads/image/files/64566161284.pdf
    • http://eventcompany.org/clients/e/e3/e30ef11cf4efe639fe6592aa37b9cb94/File/nowojulom.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b4c9d4359---vopurib.pdf
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/bosuwotawowenefulotebi.pdf
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df6e4d82d7d8f21243ae2743f7d7b8cc/nelol.pdf
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2bb6ee2315---kivefopifumopajubunipusig.pdf
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/nugito.pdf
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb0dae03be48797695ec895b0adc34f8/poxefirodiperakojejatigo.pdf
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/35489572492.pdf
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d29fc1c0ffa---tesunadimugusipenuketez.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=atomic+theory+scientist+timeline+worksheet
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bea9.bin
9373686e8d96c350cfb03791779f58ccb827355d4e8a14514ebae3a17eccd544
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEA9 16916 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9fa.bin
20fb8128c62e482905094738a016146f19767ec3567b9e8cdd06034451cdd248
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9FA 10604 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001021d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1021D 16792 bytes