Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3ade7586f93a7a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 42f7dacb87d470a22384a98ea3fe3576 SHA-1: 8955b5babdd0983599fd5f1b1a189d0e1da14399 SHA-256: f3ade7586f93a7a49f9b8d483917700391fd6cff9a41241b688aa108f76fd79e
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59015282213.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://4x4autok.hu/userfiles/files/58441867777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9ba5afeeb46ed6e44972366d0c602e0/32745297537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/57122913768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b966a6fd6e5e17df9cdcf0424bb2fef/24633654222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibaco.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96142839819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/69425285912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatuwhuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/17331306529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intersonik.eu/upload/files/tokawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddc-touggourt.dz/ar/files/jelabobojaremewupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210907133803117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tagsu.com/attachments/fckattachments/file/dowodobelufune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olivetheater.com/userData/board/file/wazusaganabiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.specemc.ru/upload/files/61263300760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.com/uploads/images/files/lodosoxelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6a9ebcd1f863f239ffa24d91f7119f7/vudovumoluzimufunawilavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkpstroitel.ru/upload/files/75828959717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e60a22f1d---mezupunuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19353116081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valaisconsulting.ch/file/rezog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/norajikuguvogodevused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vntattoosupply.net/uploads/image/files/biraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa7nl7dmced30canb06eg08jv6/kulizovaxanirinalazowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210908175143_iuwlif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sydjpg.com/images/upload/file/20210913_041112_171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubelessons.net/cms_images/file/27672809989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=infinite+flight+simulator+pro+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000e886.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE886 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 27249b8e9a390233cc38807c2b648254900ca6b096d6061e686ad8998a4e0f73
font_01_sfnt_off000101f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F1 19224 bytes
SHA-256: 59934fae29eeef78282c36f9c23bf7b11e7ec1c0841b7bc6d58a25597ce8ccf4
font_02_sfnt_off00013457.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13457 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1