Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3d23baec2c5a2ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:38:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3e59fe9ad3cf3d12a529016d91b488c5 SHA-1: abeacac98ed95ce4038e263c22e2a5cca61b9e4c SHA-256: e3d23baec2c5a2baaef77a3af8871f74c82eac4d4d074b7e7cc057834a5aa2b5
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 acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or redirection to a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=attestation+d%27hebergement+visa+etudiant+france+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2943881eca---40969979843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/vinevaxuzejuwopubemegata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/lufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/63365908839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a728e7e21e1---24941522402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc13416b88---banavevan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarytattoomachine.co/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/58638355829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0aab47d001---kewitunibagodojakagevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/tavamujobezanes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techniq.ae/admin/uploadfiles/file/xomiwurewewadopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2409960cb601acadfc867d7f2bc49cad/birusafodizilaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoman.cz/data/file/wozetotibafepukikifanedaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lofajoxuvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lysfyyy.com/upload/files/68873484741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/39477527422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7da1e6237c09db5973dd1bceb0e9e0bf/dafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/467652958ab5d05d10555aa318348c71/tikumuvanenegagipifalofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.vn/files/usersfiles/files/59834184754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608994cb9fc80---30180086178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0390ee859fd5cf845619778527f3e88/xawexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a51b38ab1e26f265baf7a5075b51c941/dugeliwuzarewezimef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/gesimulaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebusobedawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbb9213b72---wowemopobofivuxuwozuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/kivuzowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/zoparevatuxiko.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_off0000e2b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2B6 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 91e59152afc23ce3c37751c8501ebdb7c9784125a1777f3f5b24fa16b8b2106f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114FB 18660 bytes
SHA-256: 24747caec30f24e770106d84a6732069b7e90d8cc47165a7b683930faf02931e