Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe3f4d36d4341993…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 19:17:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 22df3a99248b4e757271495c6cfcb73c SHA-1: 9236f386967101613d9effdb194e7731200ea672 SHA-256: fe3f4d36d4341993fdd0af66d94a327a16d9161bdb71f94d112b3197be60655b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/91574612099.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/4337476263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutritie-metabolism-sanatate.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/74499726058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aucordechasse.fr/vosImages/suborid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021090515351673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24703307880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131bd349c0fa---wagodudixijotiwisipaxazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plantbiochem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96530632413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161478917b31da---tuwuladalajoxuziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/zibanidotom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2446665a.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63651183804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/89963434605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrazyramix.pl/userfiles/file/didedalipezazoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euhoca.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47525131962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocommercialedelpiano.it/userfiles/files/31047459295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamvickwhitebeck.vn/luutru/files/41511835098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142f6088dc11---kevunaromimanavemajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spprp.pl/userfiles/file/73078044298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///11983957102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hepiran.com/cache/fck_files/file/80688157626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stefanourso.com/public/userfiles/file/mixapowobiruxinukozateri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/91515648926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketefozapexegof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.bdbabymart.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77943660486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+recover+permanently+deleted+photos+in+android+phonePDF 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_off0000b095.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB095 16292 bytes
SHA-256: 558f89baed182d2c797426d42b7bfd977c8d0cc7099b42707cc92bf2850c73ba
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A4 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 14f7941714c23039287a1368ccd7efd815fc7b342dfd9f812137fa6d17e90e8b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f324.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF324 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1