Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 192c34a3dcaffa6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:24:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 75301f8c9564b86fc818c1f21e75a63d SHA-1: 166376d34f1632ac2217a8fa83275dc376fdb1a9 SHA-256: 192c34a3dcaffa6a249b5e5ed480f2dfc7404e102fa786708f744ce9fadf01e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Additionally, numerous URLs point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25c39277e0---gukisivoleremiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://careerdynamic.com/clients/3/3d/3d9dba0a3645e5854abf1db7654b9c86/File/27042180005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istrouma1971.com/clients/9/9b/9b88b062b8d6af44b28e209fcb06d7d5/File/57269710444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/78929618085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22177657497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210728003702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608284737d09c---rawaxujitakoparinuretuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniqrelation.com/userfiles/file/renisaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119b9af37e02---56653125769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210518024738594726964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnc21.com/files/fckeditor/file/110386166561294a05e2f09.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/64319906103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/bebofogopadolejituboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09dfc4cd134a10507655cf4d899891a6/mujofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c46936c43bf---55555769648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photou.cc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11380368657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/609cb3396cb2038290ca3bf7a9d93237/85231976761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072423e6d93c---63264040687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ffb6dbbbffb675c8c417f09757eec39/19848861706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611cc717b64ee---67469559404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/40167479788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dcc693e98---37714018213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culbertsonlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dabojuvuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609928df0da67---faguloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/97836591374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=barney+movies+full+episodesPDF 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_off00010ae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE0 10896 bytes
SHA-256: e41ded6b0a22544964972393410aa98e8c81ee90902dee3f1455002e9f7fd951
font_01_sfnt_off00012414.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12414 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013c26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C26 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 4e6ecbe85584c859088a17af0dbe1657d4717df775a92ff022ea5f99052af11a