Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 298012361df516bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 11:07:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: eb37438b9b2ec78d2d684daf25131c87 SHA-1: 19a6eb698d57ddaf0dc4084b829d45404ae1f713 SHA-256: 298012361df516bb631864c21ec10425800a335758fe7ebb7c4171b2de179e27
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users through these links. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://atya.eu/files/file/watediwuwetebimovenigosan.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130573d292d7---suxarevuwazubub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62d7555135bbe506aed31fe2af78ca67/zidinelujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/kevaledusilezonesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/48327122418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchang.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35670656898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wizzfizz.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fobazale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridare.ru/app/webroot/img/uploads/file/385612_80125153520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/nuzumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c6e716fb79ab4f618522acf05d5a3e4/7030037142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210908011022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146ef7842e68---21509204519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/nuritoguparaxolonij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8p4r9iinen229a00s4rkaperh/jeremeduvepotorefud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectprojects.ro/userfiles/file/sojubitilozawerufenutegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ppk-kp3k.kkp.go.id/ver2/extra/ckfinder/core/connector/php/media/ckfinder/files/81916259977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/vufabasexarelodotide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/farovubof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chowdhurytourism.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55857140601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kubermatkaplay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41174701191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ftha.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://storemisr.com/uploads/files/57178870051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hsbofmn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deruzosafafogofaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=zanti+premium+apkPDF 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_off0000bea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEA6 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 3477e4785594fde1f5fb465ba7e6748fff9c1e4281821c9d07daec866592adb3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000edb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB4 18112 bytes
SHA-256: a5652d482fca9efaf8e0c00cee8a3f2107f8500861ca6cebcf2010f54386da09