Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3a6d150273f36fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:03:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b1663447e5682a1e04687c3ed10d14db SHA-1: 580e7fafdd850ac06abaee7268e144799dad05e7 SHA-256: e3a6d150273f36fe2c8f8b91ff9af24959210cf3c0cf3d51aa76bcebfacdf4e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content or exploit kits, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91150865613.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://charontrade.hu/data/file/39419143112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedcollisionrepair.com/home/cert/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nugikopixenazata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096095251f43---62455982956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af73b9226aaddb852eff74c97043b00/penuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulanceservice.pl/userfiles/file/nemixagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propertiesforrent.com/userfiles/file///21544757357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86dfed79982b2a955e609a9447623feb/tudatorazejadufeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ef05eba5c---89830269104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallahi-sch.com/userfiles/file/daredarimowodabafigosuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca2e9edf22---56211200390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21091480345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608237109fe92---rofed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ijfugp519204fb7jo0hiqji33/popuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e060add7be9640a3fe5ec0301ef6ada7/14057987937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0tivm4j0dq4qs08fmva5sdu3k/88889573638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/luvejesivuronafiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavingcare3plus.ch/userfiles/files/bujeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/zatetalasenifar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.org/upload/tivimelalurowim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210803051121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cd6d44e62---21203610953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ee0f7e9e2ab507e6f2dd911edd9f126/86608259920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1056f36aef5a9d423c68e3c29972d0e1/22955846423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sidonefotirepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/nigogivusoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=parveen+shakir+poetry+books+free+download+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_off00010551.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10551 22604 bytes
SHA-256: f939b583f3dee3c37af7750cbd51d3eca38cfc7690a627382e21bc5bc1c484fd
font_01_sfnt_off00013f88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001579f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1579F 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 95ceef3d1d5675d672caafc14a84e750d19479fe8eb0d3d3df2c07b086993df7