Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3af079576e6d64d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:18:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9a31e0a338a7ae4408cc0117b149f4ae SHA-1: 8cce9fd2533e3f73865b9d3c9fe2fbeac9d8e9cf SHA-256: e3af079576e6d64d174de03b995f65a7d4df34e6960e888a7ce7168cf255109c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links, which are designed to deceive users and potentially download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=paper+mario+origami+king+rom+download PDF link annotation
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c26f389d0c9---xojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a783e4b68ff---noxufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rford67613.com/clients/a/a2/a20594cba7d6fe247bc87ef9b80620db/File/14207530827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdemlerkoleji.com/resimler/files/58778415027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inimtrento.it/userfiles/files/futapubemigakesobiwexagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-sito.it/uploads/file/zonokibiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cg481hggppgqjrogacdca0p9j/54077967323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/butela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/99052950831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://61kidsclub.com/userfiles/file/36943432029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/15602176723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/zorapewedagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elistaprezentow.pl/userfiles/file/88875148258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608297bbdffa4---96490191364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jovisibiritajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/78718719407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-metalparts.com/d/files/74613651950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/1931238989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/gupijowukapaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4df6bdc1c41162b6bf968037957185a/17484137697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lahma.pl/_u/userfiles/file/mokezufuzuvimoxemebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/begosokipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771fb64ffed---39703713116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948d54a38af---bilisugodenogolano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae9e616bbd---17109837502.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_off0000fe3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE3F 17792 bytes
SHA-256: c8ad55d2cb963692c802e4c5635f3510484053e934371510fc6845e1841bc01c
font_01_sfnt_off00012c3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C3E 10648 bytes
SHA-256: b22cf59d186fb259c39f854f4701282d7c725e323209f7313f2b43150d19a038
font_02_sfnt_off00014463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14463 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1