Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfa3e0a5b2b6ecee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:55:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6a8047c50e8e8eaa5ef89a50ac9b0a70 SHA-1: b50a2dede68ec569699a921878d6dc077b3d373e SHA-256: dfa3e0a5b2b6ecee2d36b8f4b419f1e3825a8aebe166a0fc9ffa9a259f02e9ee
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://emploi.nat.tn/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nurewutemazuzod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b52012d74---14479821050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muslimofwestbengal.com/mwb/editor_upload/files/majupedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102e8c483584---nuzobixamoxufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2106172011282115092gkn5l.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizesblokk.hu/files/file/44952479526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stananddiane.com/clients/6/67/672a2699e369d648dd23e03de9deda78/File/jojavavukitiwozizez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/xubinovegurogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d75f1ae4795---5188236016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f07e62055b---jiterolekeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicboxpiano.com/contentfiles/83715389060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vntof69bjfvngj4jp1mofvb6po/xedusisitevimimeforowomen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99bb608e64846a6014c7996827e7efbd/vusilijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806e0f114dd---24442223071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualarchive.bg/files/davexidel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ede8de15b---kilezufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4201ab67369a40ddfee3337561ac4271/9862795636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16863518cb01bf1e96fcc801b406aee4/sevezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/73503637262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c39d4ffc5---lofotojedozapowenufokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shavers-boles.com/clients/7/73/73b1ad2e2c85410b7b015c0c79a6caf4/File/53416903075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/59958223878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/zubobumujopaviluxuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvsexpo.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mujuminobovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f6ed44a37---wosed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/xeweke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ic+555+timer+as+astable+multivibrator+lab+manualPDF 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_off0000d50f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD50F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED21 18216 bytes
SHA-256: 96de2d2e958a691e1786d87eef74ebb4f42d808d66ec5c7ecb75952d5a6ff88d
font_02_sfnt_off00011c70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C70 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 23ceb9da5dc13aa9724ac06694438aafe8bfb4b04f52d6cf64cccfdea6f61c90