Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 298f03ca9123dc8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:14:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 126dad989ff767b76c7d2023e0778302 SHA-1: bb7878df00b05e15476b0610504b0504a64de68e SHA-256: 298f03ca9123dc8a3086d3d8f4f94578837665e1d6d089139c96c19c7eee6c66
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=annotation+in+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0caabd3ce---73300229100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4540b2ef60---51543643631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifixarunetuzoxevumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digiconelectronics.com/media/68566840723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66066069383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adirondackseafood.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebeperexoxajenonapaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoclassicalmansions.com/uplds/file/vesijimegadeveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sola-brothers.com/userfiles/file/65769347932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stka.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47471306131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff0d641392e---pimebakupasawafosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fredericjean.net/oplusco/file/dumukefagesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/fezuputibifixalejozavilok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/gakosepevesel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5556ab1bfee9f0fb9ca38cbff4ae9d6/18796469931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizergranulatorprice.com/d/files/34223569925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arnold-sitter.com/CKEdit/upload/files/gitatabusefagage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/032758d817db4aba590e71221b8dcc31/wajopewezitilasurok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realfootball.gr/userfiles/file/lowekinijox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/polujuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608782014f745---wijutatuwuloxoneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07e00ab48d557cd3565984a8ec510ff5/38551671033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/rufejumumezepora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mk3t9ki8llrolgust0qvla4ol7/poxakiriwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osheamaloneynylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zonaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mofrantech.com/userfiles/file/xodosujulazogiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210516232459230300mnreun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010d83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D83 18340 bytes
SHA-256: 561b17c4c54881fe713a8859efd5ed3f09d86f2e72d124b45ff91bc7fa73f6ee
font_01_sfnt_off00013e2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015646.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15646 10024 bytes
SHA-256: fe5638990b8b1656f187a91769f80418e93d7bc2707f2aa88bbccd940ae074d5