Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3da4e7343dc90b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:31:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d20252acae4a23586e54cfc5409bf47a SHA-1: 74283bcd38bcac616c75c8e48dadf187c12b9a12 SHA-256: f3da4e7343dc90b4b603a78ff49fc5a342fd2e779d7a2ca84fa8a66c93def090
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The presence of multiple link farm heuristics and numerous extracted URLs, many pointing to disposable or potentially compromised hosting, indicates an attempt to obscure the final destination and distribute malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 http://tindangnhadat.vn/upload/files/gexutemuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://duvanco.be/docs/files/51565385408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elshandmadedesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/razebomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30006ea7dc324c0abe21eea9b205453f/lixetozodekiworama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arrhythmiaclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210914172244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/virijolukasemodime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b1220970b---kalateruzigewuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/20558606338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generale-bureautique.fr/gdb/files/file/timikejojakimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idroilektriki.gr/files/file/ridoluxemefawomonisimilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/3770538720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/43570342781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/rirefofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/68191807143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobiliareborghi.com/userfiles/files/56177124886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhsaigon.vn/@dmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77673583516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/wafekenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/devawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jevurapavukeribexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alianzablue.com/aym_image/files/48725107760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/27977941940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c7b681dc3b---duranavanukitajolanot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchungnguyenlieu.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/kivakosixatimuvesufuvodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://billard-hauri.ch/userfiles/file/31691218031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sexualaufklaerung-schule.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=hydrogen+sulfide+combustion+equationPDF 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_off0001006a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1006A 18256 bytes
SHA-256: 44079432798ddd6cf09366b4e2bb5707fab51adfcf71118991bf0e65e4c91c53
font_01_sfnt_off00012fd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD4 11308 bytes
SHA-256: d3a8c673e1289b177b45b7a85ffb1a09b5d57504097435f08e872bbb46542b4a
font_02_sfnt_off000149de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1