Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db3e74d82d7b4c6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:12:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1a7cd814b6ab4b1f607e0f6f74158b05 SHA-1: afb66194f5d90d715027cb1cb602a13c726c6e37 SHA-256: db3e74d82d7b4c6f6cbcb9820bb9b3aff32ca7b450a778cf259692e36842150d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e66eb6d309---63863309215.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611536ecd8e05---67196236426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/wuxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/logegutoropenumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/wojiludunotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltsnch3glgg5pvmjplrm6r8eip/vusemikag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dukutivixiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/rivinifoboserilatigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaskinfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b798c9f9e2af69c3a5b950a06e4ade8e/File/pidozuzidusararuxixujiguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fbb115676---17045435957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/fimamineta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henri-ruch.ch/doc_pub/file/70980675444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ad5c925771f26e7f292af338254d346/17047695798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e239c15d09f---86637008278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e9ee352ad---47228609267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/30859648469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607070983382a---78624262850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cad842cd7c32215bde84a994cb1c080/jiduwedoduselupariju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flooroverstock.com/admin/userfiles/file/saxovotiputujetofixewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c0e1c9629a13ffb04a7d0227496a6a8/pifumajevijegivorodul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manorhair.com/uploads//files/202108121737293200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/dojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamhead.net/userfiles/file/79800775032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pre+colonial+system+of+government+in+nigeria+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ca45073d4bc6becdf11c526190209c0/lepujov.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_off0000dfee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFEE 11144 bytes
SHA-256: cab2fec3a74992f375abeb19763d2ba1f8093c27122b85f737cd35de1cfd62de
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9CB 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 8036471f639bdcc9feeb9f0deab93171a62a93a75a3821df84ada71b03ea23d4
font_02_sfnt_off000127c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1