Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3a39168cdf7a31e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:26:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f3722155c66d292e2b70370fd1c3bf4c SHA-1: acf7a93de71de7d06d0714d33b489bc87e2d6235 SHA-256: f3a39168cdf7a31e4145348c76e709568ce20cbdb9e4b1ab9d726b46b5cc45e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious nature of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=invertebrate+worksheets+for+3rd+grade PDF link annotation
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/vananasatalatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajmason.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37979424035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/duzopuxatiralar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyescare.vn/app/webroot/upload/ckfinder/files/60292202871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/25397144553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepoem.com/resource/docContentImg/file/2021-08-25/871be08df8b4b841b5a798e68d04eb1f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/letomaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/vuwamuvedazelubejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucd998824dlu715fd1pjmart2m/zoxupul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/66642506182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b775ae49d38---bikukakewokaruweti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psiakocky-potisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46498003949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daks-96.com/f/uploads/files/29120550617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2159f3de5---zeporapowosexolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpwlawpa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/25330585991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765cfc060e9---57386684991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlw.ro/UserFiles/file/51591407033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/simaxalujitibaxidibenetin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a80be325f2a3a371eaf72bc85f2ff42/mavifusedudagogizugakitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents//files/muvekise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/72873585617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vobijuwexafigakuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/57018335515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavclearing.ru/upload/files/42567907037.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_off0000c702.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC702 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 935cc95cc9f228a302b40b9c4482b771e47a4e877d6f605b666cb9297c7d9959
font_01_sfnt_off0000f42a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42A 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 8bce7bdc66e99f1b8af639ce032c21cb3ad6995de1c17bab95761cf46d026f54
font_02_sfnt_off00010d9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1