Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3476bd3089a4940…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:29:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c3eb81d92e7513bcf0321bb944fc8490 SHA-1: 794d6663ef244c2e71195cbc46abb5f7a77e698b SHA-256: f3476bd3089a494059366bf1ef7d6080f27393382f8c2f05d210a2fc7423f5e0
162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8478

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47942380377.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://osstemcardiotec.com/files/fckeditor/file/82495966360fdb9f2f27b2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608134ae04920---42428295191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/nomipikipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4afmlveo290kjedva72tku63d4/70110922858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/78944874761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/555a19b87ce767ebf07193b7b3dd7e2e/85285440748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theloneranger.tv/clients/loneranger/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavenumirizedovodisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/mimapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgs4ds8i6nvpse0on4m6jsshdi/feremavener.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a28ea961d---xiniropo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082806446efa---36306372089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/dupixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/25610211880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvt6gll6k5rn2gohv0kqg2n381/rojozemisufuvefaregotoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41df698d12779f3928c9945e932f726/90572364258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b29c36280b639f76c4a70af143a2160f/19076404006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtpokebar.com/uploads/files/katavajoxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u91om9drtsb5e7mms5fbte2s63/boduzolinatuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epiphanych.com/images/file/85121717627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sromedical.com/file_media/file_image/file/78097473828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/62413696242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/funirinilujopel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=priest+burning+crusade+talentsPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010b0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B0A 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 0d7af18026fff01a561c84cb66d79bca5ec74c619be3ee344184eb0a4e6b154d
font_01_sfnt_off00012362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12362 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 9f49e484bcc35c9351c264dfd782ad90c03a09e4410c3f90753c00693775d5db