Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db3882117be77544…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-08-31 19:15:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 614f596c6b87ba3330133829b46777b2 SHA-1: 1f337f358fd838c1fb4f801d26def895295a69a3 SHA-256: db3882117be7754492e8924ea5feed9e89a73ff5af1faaefe75c053943d06796
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://seghers.kr/data/editor/file/232468461612380d2b3884.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/72110161137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/51952606753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hooleihomes.com/cms_images/file/21882067158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50s6a75glv928jd9r4cek5b3oc/70999302014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.com/user-/files/78330787983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b071721d3---22231523188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nnn83rfe71bs7pj9pa22hqsma6/mowanamenaxewerug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irollee.com/userfiles/file/jevuzevugifevuvanosobixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47e4cc13c0---95081734595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607609e8b2341---judugaxurepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f387229eef89b45bf6a8fc02d8b2e10/luzetaziveginuvopuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovotusinuliveder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/557174612250e04f2ac3d971e0e8ceea/rinana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3a321dfe1---90535001616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf182812707---nexibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/1953613018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/416011cf9ac95f86c3e19fb70e81059b/7550320213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhandarisurgical.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tukug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebarumukexukuvipobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/30331014716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/47179161939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/riremoduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnht-electromagnet.com/d/files/9343239997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+long+does+5mg+diazepam+lastPDF 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_off0000c558.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC558 10908 bytes
SHA-256: fa0c6d11a42a4c26956ef96230e49d905e1e7eb1cd93dba6c0f0652bc608ad80
font_01_sfnt_off0000de74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE74 16712 bytes
SHA-256: 6607e1ddd1872008faa7239485380ed0d207773afa977f2133d9695b13bfb070
font_02_sfnt_off0001090f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1090F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1