Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3ad76a8e9bb76af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-09-23 23:49:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 39b8588b704d811add4ca95a00dc8971 SHA-1: 79c12f27921d156cf0510fc38c630e41b85c3da3 SHA-256: d3ad76a8e9bb76af2c6bd8c6a79e1646c19d2f989c415251e983c2923d4caa4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://apismorava.eu/docs/wenafefuzu.pdf
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/7848744907.pdf
    • https://propage.q-cloud.net/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/34824143791.pdf
    • http://another-partner.morefriendship.com/upload/files/70196797774.pdf
    • http://www.pacautomarketing.com/file/wimupamipubadu.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b2c8ce55e5---vesipijixafu.pdf
    • https://biocenfis.es/uploads/assets/file/jalagim.pdf
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23707214169.pdf
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/3479780781.pdf
    • http://tsuiteru66.com/userfiles/file/wilakevizefox.pdf
    • https://pragatitic.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52233297330.pdf
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612edb85d65f3---pubanobamezujuvorugataza.pdf
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ponavosusevazemolidokezo.pdf
    • https://callmarkinvestments.fortunekenya.com/callmark/files/30053723529.pdf
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364ae97532f---kibakilasasumozazaj.pdf
    • http://vietnam-intraco.com/webroot/img/files/zosaxumofuneluwozi.pdf
    • http://travelcenterpuntos.com/campannas/file/kolonenetupupi.pdf
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/nibopaveburozuv.pdf
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80842022338.pdf
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/58382219051.pdf
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/tikimabiwufujixaxut.pdf
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/pogopexasam.pdf
    • http://efcosmetic.com/uploadfile/files/94675071575.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=wink+random+chat
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e36f.bin
bb8b6e5535b62f138363378bcf532813030a502d178df7f7c46a601e69e09273
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE36F 10376 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000faaf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAAF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000112c0.bin
619fc338f42d9b419ce7879cba8305e435c49d7b25d6e5a8221de12d021e4c5f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C0 18848 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000130b8.bin
5fc8a6dd00ceaa20a0f74a9cb07f489d157ae60693729e0bf5b4f7075b1ab67b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B8 18068 bytes