Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3ab39a32edcf40c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:14:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b96f8edcf9c81d3df6e71af8b9f31111 SHA-1: e404a27e77f7055f24bebbee5857e1575a764ab8 SHA-256: e3ab39a32edcf40c6f55191da98386522f45968a92a310808b8d9b51d848b4b1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further indicate malicious intent. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080abcae174b---37854042066.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c22e461128---11513713218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af2ca51c11---sububit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee5abda724---suletida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/54695390884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4715e725b2---33340445844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/datorokoduru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4cb011c20e---dujizejusefuwazuvovazuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/36606715167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badipupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c45610606---zudejesagisonerig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadinerogger.ch/userfiles/files/kugelilolesule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-4/20210504104900388820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/pokafopikumejafebisuwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fireprovietnam.net/luutru/files/51609631755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb94c443148---nulasoxajenaxokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamnitikamini.si/upload/files/57015738437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/68553076520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15cc901bbaa230c9adf44b479ed11f98/63169685174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa94b1463f---kizasenagokukuramatoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/43790046421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/28316766156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+introduction+questions+with+answers+2017+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_off0000d698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD698 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEAF 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 8bff8f71b86ed892137213dc4f0a8548d1d975ae4b3a7e5c5c14181cd5642a00
font_02_sfnt_off00010946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10946 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 07dd38152bccf550b4af619a71a905d40affd91f93246ac47e7361df5ba34a01