Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3fd78eae8f24b6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 09:30:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b57563452473ef1bd132b5247cda6995 SHA-1: f0ae601bd12a506c48bced1cb268afb152960b85 SHA-256: f3fd78eae8f24b6cf44d06d0e3fc432a09778da58c4fb305cc109354cec1c140
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/topuridewetovututogo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/joxonutarukogomabaxugirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c50a9879584149648f8b6b54ca8f4d8/32166559363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074809c40529---jutalutixubetowezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9336018572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adian.eus/files/galeria/files/48288473152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.frank-diagn.hu/userfiles/files/nexewekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3650c2aff3d120e7cdd4fb0e30483d7a/26325181691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaitinhdien.com/app/webroot/upload/files/banarew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1a6d68592---50999880839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f190c1ef394eb5290694142b8293275/67337809896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k01f9mtljdrmc0fv8o9o3ogqg7/vigoxoxabifela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodgesmageefamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c9/c95619ca3ec29dd030dc8935b97378d4/File/lakekug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jehhke3aagn317k98rbofhbvf5/90803204679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160becffb52f29---demisijuziloboner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoass.eu/userfiles/files/tuxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/11130544553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rodijuseziwezujenapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68291636209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f690285072---savobikawubozuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874223b217e---25898872554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmilenio.net/datamont/userfiles/file/67660571275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/89875075882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8703006cbc36507823dda5c16c498747/18530390413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traffictkt.com/viking1/uploads/files/88301947240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=significado+de+cosmolog%C3%ADa+en+filosof%C3%ADaPDF 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_off0000eb6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB6D 20800 bytes
SHA-256: 6682ea7d1a341f10e459e5a4e5e1dc6eb16aa2db9f3c0973868add55370db866
font_01_sfnt_off00011f68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001377f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1377F 10760 bytes
SHA-256: ce9ed67ac69440094e2faab14bd50e8e586a3c051959f3e022dd998b38db7139