Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3d8a17c04a30b9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-08-04 06:16:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 603af37523d8a576a037b0bf43e486a0 SHA-1: 489de43d129b2185c9eb54b902494975dbc7d792 SHA-256: e3d8a17c04a30b9eef4686ed6bc398b3cf773337d41f82b28e8aa6230949f788
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to direct users to malicious content or further downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eed2276621---nasanaba.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aj7vp1fs9s1qrbmju6rt19p0jq/nadekewomuduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/89899445491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srldirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41454983489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/13877842388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/67350126316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gr01hi3a8umstv9ep7818f7us/kozigevokurexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a517538be16---lutezulijasegot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609caa647bc71---roronawevabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okvino.it/file/55676824995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/11958128988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38477960586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadep30giay.com/uploads/image/files/jimujeruzinilorusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/96261529740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lobotililirevavuwikupeded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/77371900362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pspectr.ru/userfiles/file/73498133164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b2fbdf820---bebomuruzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/murixezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/rudomegudamosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbe334ea966---movusali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/fogelobasifapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add4f6b3386---dolalimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25068241766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/97144819588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=getting+to+know+arcgis+4th+edition+pdf+download+freePDF 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_off0000d636.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD636 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 11c88f27e00774df349b7a704ef3320535ab32ced6f890afc1c5688af83549e6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f04c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF04C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001085e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085E 18256 bytes
SHA-256: 4ea294b42082119495c018a369bcfb7b3b9cba660535dca1b0acc6e3977db3a6