Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0328e4fb3e76b510…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-07-29 17:55:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6f740fe577a0fb374b509ee55553b6ec SHA-1: 326d7ec8b06b08613103fa3f024144310ed4d91d SHA-256: 0328e4fb3e76b510be840e84e07a055b39277c5c170a022028b6a23f838e372a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within a PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/060999813ad73e413bc5a4ec75c76af4/mirup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/97168941991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sh73kjhqi102ccg5558d2bema7/turibujufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvunaruwojogulab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fid-data.fr/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/badam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51e75e9b8f38e848db535343ec3a43d3/timevivibukojoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f61d40623a---kitokovelidotasuleduruvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed75603e8b---gasozamolegoleduwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/47172122938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b457706da---68667290313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechdidgeridoo.com/admin/upload/file/57951294098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a696ad7df16e24ab27f205ee2fee5cac/30590930479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zelijiwaravugageligomaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ufgsd4b04i4ane3ej5cnklm0t/46155765253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa7cnl9qh1agd7v2h2hgm7fkoe/77820150049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e3a64b7ce---ponefagelilajewotorave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f89b10c012---gofavuluwuduve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dc68bbc07483d5b507cbf228091fd51/zagigewexarakotumugok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/katomilexavajugupulesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsp.by/userfiles/files/busisetirixilifalazoxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghocasiochinhhang.net/uploads/userfiles/file/vamepaxegofodazugon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/bejutunokobuvidukikewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1f9932c49---65575021883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=binomial+expansion+equation+geneticsPDF 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_off0000e133.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE133 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 2ed6d276a4cf5e22255623981e624537e57345a69546ae648b3f46426695eedc
font_01_sfnt_off00010c7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C7E 11020 bytes
SHA-256: d83b2501d22dd4f07b709c44130382d13166e2c7f9ab857c8b197472fae12b54
font_02_sfnt_off000125da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1