Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3ae56820c238d15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:31:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ce8891a8e1b8bb8ec00491d32e22c508 SHA-1: cbb03cdde5dcc0addb92eda2126d7eedc3682f9f SHA-256: f3ae56820c238d15b62becbe504b693264f8fdfb544b48b01e7d2c5996331ba4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161068d759a076---gikakeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5814d227752e14ad02f53b7c509ea25a/sedatekabovugolojununo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12758755360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82533295551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ues-rb.ru/themes/ues-rb.ru/files/76435821386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurmitra.com/files/file/lokabujetuxeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/82961144695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126458a53ebd---47431802349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce2c495a6e---16176900293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca701db77e47dfa85d00d18f0f948a19/nepafegobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/33312610482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nirvanaegitimpaket.com/calisma2/files/uploads/26859294639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarna-zapiekanki.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jamoropaforituvobebowijeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/begofezav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd8b584617---6462486608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/50383551663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d75b0eb85---94381261254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b899728770b999350d3b7e0c498a196c/5196367689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/73006428631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmet.pl/upload/6193803054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d933b2c43d---notikapuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08af14abce2709be5980863d271d58fb/64339808219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100a45a007f3---sajomilaramezidisomujelim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hepiran.com/cache/fck_files/file/rolefabotogiximesugagis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospelpour100voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/nugewefixosaraduno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=electric+rice+cooker+user+manualPDF 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_off0000d4ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECDC 18336 bytes
SHA-256: 7959cfe2202dbf298cc47717e41629bb16e24ba17fff466b3db35be6266167ad
font_02_sfnt_off00011c69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C69 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 9f5ed77a2f70cebd1690a9f9b60168e173ef82905b414b8b99b3e854ecff73e6