Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3174a560c324842…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:08:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2a75aa826136b42f72a8df0ff8ee9bd4 SHA-1: 51053d406ed847db40ecb01583cd85ca4f2cca77 SHA-256: e3174a560c324842837fde0432911b0f9d642c642d7c7f1a7aed4e6113d4a46b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to potentially compromised websites, indicating an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content. Heuristics indicate a link farm and a phishing lure, supported by the ML classifier's high confidence score and ClamAV detection. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608147710d3cd---robamivu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://universalgroupautos.com/files/others/99411051031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budgetparking.ca/admin/uploads/file/84312262911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24460941768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hit-air.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21968030933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c933c9640a8---52937003948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92127275226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6u43tfq58j1j0ehk229prfim25/63117347976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/jasox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3395540d8351c8ad86549082c8353e3/76887668167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e185315789---ritigepegefazagisenavepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/403d49bd2734c4b6c7ea043d031cb5c2/24355207915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/74332068409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/42787922741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/jovamezujuvebota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/gowukekomuxototusowilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/md0beivp8fqdd7kv48a9v1ikc8/rowomovunigoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foratumitivevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/6617065395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ad6a66cb3---tujufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/gonidiwexopafuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4gi5idh9o5dl9pv3etfbl854q/lukefuxasagomaguzojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=sentence+stress+and+intonation+pdfPDF 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_off000119e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000131f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131F7 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 8ef79c0b0e82a04b6f5c692e7fe1549e373dbb382a29fcb9dcd09e5d06620e7c
font_02_sfnt_off00014a68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A68 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 80f3561334ae1f4c587c4040b195d203d0c7993a677996fe7e518e7826fcc724