Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3a4ebe27bfe6654…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-10-16 17:11:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: a2bb513036139ad0dc02ae2af253799c SHA-1: 9038e8974ea63c4d451a3ab37666e6fee2c382c5 SHA-256: d3a4ebe27bfe66545f5a4f546c149de903048ccacd10264fb651c32e2c00287a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://antoniolescio.net/userfiles/files/47020779282.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/31045853328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/worolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/52396600440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingeriedediva.com/UploadFile/file/2021100619332973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/38211142772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/56338143300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9d0591cb4---vilelokagudopexone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kredoteka.ru/uploads/file/rawavitasirubogogusepos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phulieumaymacbaoco.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/83169332976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glendale.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/65881014216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vers-ma.de/userfiles/file/xevaseferodurivotitanitow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leasebridge.com/CKUPimg/files/bokufutediforidetisujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86499145509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafecontinentalmd.com/uploads/files/56461397514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616ab57c8ab9d---36618307134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.donboscovizag.org/images/files/80876590405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ost-fogging.com/upload/files/dofemezuzipino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/jabipova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://self-storage.sg/images/uploadedimages/file/xivivojifofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents/files/zuludexadosixuwumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/divezulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmnn.ru/userfiles/file/jerozazaluxawigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tommytest.dish1314.com/data/html_editor/files/95436257244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phubozena.pl/userfiles/file/xisip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16156cfaa725a0---34303225052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andhimazhai.com/images/files/3196252753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/2I9n2o-U8HI/uplcv?utm_term=bengali+meaning+of+acknowledgementPDF 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_off0000e646.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE646 10780 bytes
SHA-256: e912b02cf6c44b55d308cc55b1ef74b56622520cb398828d1af9bb3cc373e848
font_01_sfnt_off0000fef6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF6 16256 bytes
SHA-256: 40dfd41c75484cd06b09ce703484b510fecbbebc7e2369d97dd3103a83638cbd
font_02_sfnt_off0001287f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1287F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1