Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0383619ca1f0afe7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.7 KB Created: 2021-07-20 14:20:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 823405195597c7e2f7f4a76947fec57d SHA-1: a889108ef8caba4eef30ebbba35cfaae7234eca5 SHA-256: 0383619ca1f0afe79e0637f52306fb09f7d2fad8db92c5ad555217a132bdd151
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 and disposable hosting. These links form a link farm, a common tactic for distributing malicious content or conducting phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://marketherballize.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55369796864.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/28407613699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab545509fb---47555500367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a867c6fb8---kojixafarara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0630db577d58d7f58efadced330a8222/76928101574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propiedades.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/647153364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-tur.ru/userfiles/file/69050403005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/50164001501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabtur.ru/upload/files/25632201795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab460e3c2a5925edb4d9c9117cb91f56/79077771343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmmessina.it/userfiles/files/9604886555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f3161ca0f454c7a3aa851f898cb225f/dokatitaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/45965740423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/matoraraxajona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayzerfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/08/08e2d5bcffca37c2e1a82d364f4296c6/File/lavekilijabono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95740609539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/falajojotaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coeb.eu/userfiles/files/29975384523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5709abe2fb32d46e3002e2a74bd29b4/zotomisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7321f7beec0475df62d69a01131d0574/panewoxovozoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/zamogolakowelubolevokolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuvifidelekapodedizov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misspacificus.com/clients/873634/File/88166191299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a62fc6696---waviwivam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=best+birthday+quotes+for+childhood+friendPDF 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_off000121af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000139c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139C6 11128 bytes
SHA-256: e39028e489e8831e9aa0c3965c55660e848f4b7c5ef2449ca2ed723376787539
font_02_sfnt_off00015387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15387 17440 bytes
SHA-256: a37caf87e805fe3fd0eca69227041c10ae2866c59695484db85a2b2207c8aaa1