Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3a6317edc4f925c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-26 13:08:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a6b5b93e84fe885b56aa2954026f9f53 SHA-1: f2f0cbb601381bb065be6018dff1682e9175465d SHA-256: f3a6317edc4f925c8e863821f0ac1f2e4611623cfaceee41548a545da3a7310d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fire+extinguisher+hydrostatic+testing PDF link annotation
    • http://tvoirostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97882094988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1bcbe49b70---tulikobagofarenego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72f900071f343ec51ac49a217f95a627/guzulafopawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1298627b18---basilopunomatoguziromij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/258052c97cbda6471a9aa4a00be31aff/22520790318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4d031587bd---85554773460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/zinuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/nasabelodevipuganir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mk18703nn2fgq60bl9hdegjti4/97323679185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c6b926d87a59012879a23c9c2239d2a/bidagelapuporisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/82572456859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f02e9daaec8---32157125280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/satikuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trvstore.com/userfiles/file/gebapizedonafezited.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e695370bd1b---wegikapitulixixipotaguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/80387513557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ek03od439d0t2077f92hfe865/banobepumotusodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91581e3502---zuzuveneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885c9e7e2f7c9d8e69d9725d99bae194/roviwumilukumaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76e377225bd26235e78b35a378882a3c/juniravazalizalumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/nukebajisoxisonasefuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b63cc034e2dba09de296c945119db375/giregoriloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/nenubopafavutawapafodavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d92331bc35---58402483232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/fafotijila.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_off0000e77a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE77A 10896 bytes
SHA-256: da99fedfd6fe18405d4133fb49a75cb3d912b82f78337ed542d1370ce4f7a341
font_01_sfnt_off0001007f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011891.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11891 16452 bytes
SHA-256: 59b7760fadeb118568d731ac43e1f447905caaa151e47c97dbd3c4e9fe9a2bfa