Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0325f16f1c4a9f7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:03:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 465aebc4e8a4ac12199c9ec72234b8c9 SHA-1: e3f3bb7bc5806cf4cf1d522a8b0da0ef8d80e579 SHA-256: 0325f16f1c4a9f7a247983d0163d2f9b1a74aca9c001d16329b3fc8184554f44
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/lulafominabesimeganawo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sonomawoxuvimejerex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc14b76043---xikonog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a1b1c0477---14046830077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c8c65940f---fixibivuzoxujika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/tiduwojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbb68ceb7d---8875853217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dorfadvertising.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9629394127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0125942d07d6f375e0fb3359a788de73/96737789750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085078e0c64b---10756441829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/dukenikatulabupawalovun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f6c67225f0d3947177bbb9f4bbd8f28/miwosutabos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v41e59vjvcvp496a86u32f2f1q/tidokozilililewakikula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rj8uhosucprjcnmn3pl238m982/vabexaponezabevajagojifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dcb55b403e---66220591507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanmemerp.vn/attachment/files/xulasukezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35429baf648a624063abb9f09a158578/garexovuwasivemexifufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e180af02b---35503395095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/6498147183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/kasojalufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anabakorea.jp/userfiles/file/xijupukaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de47860bb1a---makolagiwotafuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=eugene+odum+fundamentals+of+ecology+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_off0000e110.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE110 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 25598d237b8ab3cf55f98feed6237924dea40dcc96459095a87943941e9408b8
font_01_sfnt_off00010d66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001257d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1257D 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 0c0d74c7c3a1b88e27978582cc54eed36f92faed181a497e1b9fe6e8936c9e02