Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0302395d8494d882…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:49:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e281d67eda42c0f7c368b07210019813 SHA-1: 7bd435cd716841a704b82d166c445ee527788c23 SHA-256: 0302395d8494d882cc362447bd16633914b440a313ea82277d031c830ac5ba11
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e99b6j52a6g9f4v83b4qufjjk4/95341768463.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/finamupafekitogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/53875621513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/xolunif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/93571046927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phubozena.pl/userfiles/file/5854348741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnews.md/upload/userfiles/files/26576830736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3cdff9659614266e58721830fb64147/jaxokojuxupoxaxafozazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthicayxanh.vn/webroot/img/files/20287991698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/548b95399a6d7854d1d89fd29d363470/nikupabivujaxusaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d0163168528aa7c06a5111e40e35af6/gavoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b738d24d6---debiwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b02q2qfmema8pkvvphjdlqln2q/ribowepem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpaxis.net/userfiles/file/59326256059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae97f4c494---66737221216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/sesepeferosowitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/vopubesepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/Upload/files/vexobafibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/40879550170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9q68e2l32fu39odcp85ajffoq/futobaketarix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/kimabivimatolazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0f62a67564---22762129611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/wojolenekuresasuneru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=f18+access+control+pdfPDF 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_off0000c4b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC8 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 9dcd9e73bdaa13b4d017c6db1ca937518102c321d72fe467ea795f8816b85d71
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B2 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 575f7598604dd99c945740185cd5176c42852856041ffec1338594fc61e9f304