Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3e3816fdf74e8ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 08:16:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0cd1a90b413c6d8c526b79511e8c34ca SHA-1: b88c7b3d0d7a379d79c88c2ddfd0ccf83ba5448c SHA-256: f3e3816fdf74e8ad09d35922a3dd2bd00900f4fce18e68d80822832f5a1592d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These URLs form a link farm, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/44700533261.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aldobini.it/userfiles/files/11693271570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44725796068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/31326294948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/8213685206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decentlogistics.pk/survey/userfiles/files/gadebaninuxibesegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aorganboys.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/maridojamefebarile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomehl.com/images/content/files/67375812976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/vomexabejaragipoduwujuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f35da6ec5---64808261820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142411a62300---11301110352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57030175122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushimenifee.com/uploads/files/46862294507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/54631610933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spcinternational.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72096778865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141fdc3edbc8---8435945177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143443e56bba---1730856732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridare.ru/app/webroot/img/uploads/file/504608_9988664514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/82061721300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcrestneighborhoods.com/userimages/polarerovolimazidesikukaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epponline.com/mentorfinancial/page_images/file/dofumumuxiligexutejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210908172953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=watch+starred+up+full+moviePDF 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_off0000fa90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA90 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 313d1ea11efa770c7565b9323b6fc9dd1fad57ca9c6b11b4c1806ba858fdbee6
font_01_sfnt_off00012836.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12836 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001404d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1404D 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 37af2a35ede7732598d37a6af43226243538029dfd6159621a341ff8eeb82c71