Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 235a3407bd6d2636…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:44:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 507a3aaeb526667c02b1fb86f0a89137 SHA-1: ee7076a07ecbe019258c84b07f1f3b30039fad35 SHA-256: 235a3407bd6d26363a1cd4ed971d3e6996c71de602f4a651e5bdb33bd95be396
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbd3de0fa2---45958779685.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://polletnv.be/uploads/files/92623825243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/993abcc60a2f48e890d27eed289ecdc6/20562799324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronocertif.com/userfiles/file/kimikewomupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightskiothon.ca/clients/4/44/44db284a3a4a6a3f34f8f2fa71918f98/File/17998683915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/5852349944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/59779892056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rs0c8rlkfnnk24bbaackat6tk7/33031818106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9abce40c24c166310e97ad260c2e8ea/daduxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/45926272916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/mitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/19901680263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vuniri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogeologicotrilobite.com/userfiles/files/76451270098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770f9049c59---giwevixoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/71781166710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1669aa75cb92e8919bbccc2460ffbf45/47767197236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huyminhplastic.com/upload/files/gilefuzerunifikuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvs4ihsgfotuqcvak1luitl395/92137768531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6aa8d7da10---jefefupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/34930594202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084eff0b4afc---simenanoxufisuzowojulewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc66396776a7ebd282726657e5eace67/61125152121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbdedecc8ec---47232242993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xnucleus.com/members/member_images/files/bizaburomiwejoxaxavorodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=work+in+polytropic+processPDF 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_off0000dd5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5E 16800 bytes
SHA-256: 323aedd8eb206647d1354677625f5b50c7c19a4b46bcc82acdf9a6d0d1b6af48
font_01_sfnt_off00010899.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10899 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B0 10404 bytes
SHA-256: e00f32f2dd08ba9ea799e396bc93b61b8bc4cc826aa40a72bdb82657d96cb9b0