Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10362fa6c942118d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:03:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 703c75ba9e5709198a09b8a3ba2f5b14 SHA-1: 59393be274e2b5efe17a11f2c5404f4af60360f3 SHA-256: 10362fa6c942118de0593158d6a3e97157cb17a0388cd6d0ebda8a41ae8dd594
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to disposable hosting and potentially compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a13d84069---6434554208.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7vqtdbbmp28opo8e7h4s1n12h/53051849699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/delakemazupakifadidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef4057e970---57638094600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1610504f0321b3---bevopulusuboruruxamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca21357941---biwagogurinoxanupuzeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomclarkvoiceovers.com/userfiles/files/61256116401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06757ac197781bec3bb86cf4315506e8/bedakunelukufaturit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pingthye.com/userfiles/files/4695607393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/rizibokawiwilokepuwudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58461035794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fdea5ed2d---lonagepexewisejima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraigarlandshop.com/userfiles/file/zelerisedurazovesoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc228e8b37---42273786807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citadelcaralarms.com/userfiles/file/rojewijerof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c915a94284---5068244927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce3cda0407---44860909538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enslev-anlaegsservice.dk/userfiles/file/webekiwijamexubatorolewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d85903641---garanebitoleduverisadik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datavincity.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/rivusapibuvosenojotux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7125365257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/3376772433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nopaxigotozanonuzitejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609616db2174d---gubudijiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htitfiuc4u5542fm6lbkjglfms/23654900694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=insist+of+meaningPDF 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_off0000b5e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5E9 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 43329af407c077c1aabda89441b42e3efde3ada1b4ba6073848f503e3a652bf5
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e56c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE56C 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 88f8682c3dd5f06fb342ca90a21852059457b68f7a1a43f619ef2aa59d4c5c9b