Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2340ce42a22ef546…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-09-22 17:09:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3ae4e7d04c354b63807b9d0458659552 SHA-1: 367852c3c128d96c197e1c8235e69a31a1e36273 SHA-256: 2340ce42a22ef5463bcc478d0707235dbc283ea0b2ef2d2844cc7f4c01e50010
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://ituor.ir/basefile/chartermeinfo/files/26884826432.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341696f336f---kisaxepit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arndt-fahrschule.de/userfiles/file/12914191875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdprescription.com/ci/userfiles/files/28068336074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136b6c0862a5---59590997759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ac7c903c6---55781146575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jager-ig.tw/up_photo/file/66382692536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotoma.it/userfiles/files/96845224128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabstina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26915895084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filigonidawotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowlingkillers.com/imgdb/files/wuwasukiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/pulabojage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/58275642979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedcambodia.org/htdocs/cljr/data/files/83392894778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d51n383i9g8j107laq59mk67ubo1gtih/55047335710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonezi.morefriendship.com/upload/files/fafadipadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k3projekt.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/gazipopowed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otestmanager.org/club/data/userfiles/file/20210919030648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astefin.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusilar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohlq5570or6hruofgka56oqro8/96437055018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/giwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dovofuvawovukanetoxewiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bijverhoeven.nl/uploads/files/buguratumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosonesisavupipulal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/bivojirijesidiwazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=best+green+fortnite+skinsPDF 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_off0000f706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF706 18928 bytes
SHA-256: 1b710efc1bdf6cbff540fd405f42c62de433bd9e7ada8ec5254c4c709a2ca91f
font_01_sfnt_off0001282f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1282F 10324 bytes
SHA-256: 6c203d0a256062672a5803474eafc46a7d271aa7ab55e344b5f60e721c4e0265
font_02_sfnt_off00013fa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1