Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3f976fbcf14c286…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.2 KB Created: 2021-08-10 10:16:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8b745f9309ec984bcd8c2863d8d1ff31 SHA-1: 34c4fe6e39f89ee7309f3d7de70e085154347cd8 SHA-256: d3f976fbcf14c286ed8748a67e2ff9cddf72e4406f7c8657248ed97a74e25d5c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is structured as a link farm, likely to direct users to malicious content or phishing sites. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=passive+voice+reading+comprehension+worksheet+for+class+6 PDF link annotation
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/wibexigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2203c79cf---nojovigebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c1b834eb5eaacc3ba7b6597de5d059e/rusategibedovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f9ffb4681---44948328333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakemulonozogajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/37595781640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9eab30cb2---soxodewoxamuzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/mutiginisiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d72107e5bc1---58301112441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8faac029dff65c5bf51300018c32c4ac/kesowotogawilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupenahno.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4dvp3ritqvd9k463e770k2a10/43543695423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--299akc5b432k2sev7g.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210702_0D0C00A2E68334F1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eigbr7igbc9bgjgkcsc73gslg4/65596814944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tajesink.com/Uploadfiles/files/kegabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfkanacon.org/data/userfiles/files/vebisizegizodasejisofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leosservices.com/userfiles/file/57513991528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ae5c354f5---sevonosebigufojoboxiviram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/rivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atletika-pardubice.cz/files/file/mujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bb2bf5457c---vukilosito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de22f746f4020650f14b47dc97ceaa58/28602445264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8fda173c2---68324300779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88f92723e3---31888715291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/tirafetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/28011560033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001332b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1332B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014b3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B3D 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 984a711138cf95db9ff71296d4e0d1eecbc006f98d4bab54bd23d202eb94ab12
font_02_sfnt_off000178cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178CD 11480 bytes
SHA-256: 835e75dca2181de759c8cd54d2551637fb792a42ad9c33d86e2d61fc9bfdb766