Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3ed9278ae22c9e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 16:48:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e921a7e0cc000d1ce960d372091b8b2a SHA-1: fa0e04120700c253c6075bc9ac5d8736a02e8334 SHA-256: f3ed9278ae22c9e9253a57d9dbc0f582cb7af91e22c628040a02763a398df6c3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aebea55b5701115500306629066f7bf6/80574988113.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/pepanaliwabikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptheduc.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/nenekumirut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/filolexose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/12362378299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad7c6b730a513b8687e3078449786cb0/zubozejedonogevugoxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021061504540684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/53443071874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/wexuxamikifavovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoverservice.be/gallery/file/5120738727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5d58ceca65fb3dc808f2d74eb4e1a6c/fexowelabasogefugojuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/wubivezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff5c39d191f---7843026123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071989edbc7d---mawejivep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjclassof1971.com/clients/1/16/169b02496b2253913efe31a5b05f4f66/File/41930392475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyvale.com/wysiwygfiles/file/57964888085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e644d590a14---bawuriranotosaxovipomasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/589316032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc49d13707---2232517989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/89943665544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b24a67317a1---71880808196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d33877aa72242624de5d1da909d0063e/kisajamofuwivepatuwadazos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16259147955331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhadatonline24h.com/Images_upload/files/vosilatixugimekazede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af1fb5dbac---firijevixevudamubanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=krishna+ji+ke+bhajan+song+djPDF 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_off0000ea07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA07 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 1718ef15e0a9e8273c8d343093e69bdc35d03639605e71d7747c50fc2e46c023
font_01_sfnt_off00010252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10252 16816 bytes
SHA-256: 487f6d81987489fd7c4d945d053e5a0295e36360780c52e40d22f22ffb211134
font_02_sfnt_off00012e66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1