Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0307383b4587959c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 18:00:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ae4f945cbca1f6f92fcb4be380b5faec SHA-1: b185fdc3889288392f8857b57e8ffb0119cfd726 SHA-256: 0307383b4587959c8b6005dda54ce693a179bb9e73a0e2502f9fdb50f71e3b68
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 WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8c6349340---dufigikagotigebixug.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d86650308badfba08df1ad4a326d5b/xamupijip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da36b03f6a966fa31fdc61dce76eee9e/81281794177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/daluxuvafabed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/moxewopelunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca4f5c4fd2---54175731880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bce75000f54480f7685e639ec76700b/nekotugofimasivexerazos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/48827268627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d59d9abc8fbbc5005215ee347f38eddc/kulerovaxobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/16367877405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f27a160dd3acd3848cd3f04e1f7a920/7900140276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/4095331118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/boserq04m7rcg7b1cndrpo8qt4/wapowen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanasiri.com/piceditor/file/58373835233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/39247000159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0q3p3t1lks7efcdi4d1oobqc6/4332851926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210620040859_y1gxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074451dac545---kufajorizimogidivuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compsult.net/userfiles/file/35825170329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb79e928fbf---16915542494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivm6f6qp6e7mfl3dk1g6nfjmaq/98705423724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0a8229f5d32848988c548c3ff0eddd6/rabasutigaxerupiwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/86974591526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/if3ul0jciaeirfhsoo9encf9ca/43602988634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+panel+data+analysisPDF 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_off0000ee6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE6A 10376 bytes
SHA-256: ba20f704cc8a9b28680c4258286072a7118c53d4ad4fc8e67ba296e9170c1860
font_01_sfnt_off000105d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D2 17304 bytes
SHA-256: d1ece2c3da7d5ee39b60aa0ea2065107b22c2cea90cefc7aa44374d59a500624
font_02_sfnt_off000132f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1