Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 308ac9e9dbcb6b23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:27:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5ec75b5c530ba9c880cf61456ce0bd23 SHA-1: b7d4a2e06e7596d02cbad736f524c30cd2c684e0 SHA-256: 308ac9e9dbcb6b23e31619b3ba048eedc226f6f73876e5724a1989a43264d943
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload from one of the linked URLs, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://pchome.uzai.ca/upload/files/22889641855.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/salav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madinaboys.com/easydo%20v2.00/files/uploads/42643404388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oikoscoccatoarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/63224182297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/97297806034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/63678595127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/wexobikuxovomuzexunanuwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecohort.biz/userfiles/files/13754392728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/51136966586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c365f817cede7b171b7b10100d0005c1/negadoginavazuzitikivasab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/30302495631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1549af0e5808adb749408d15541e0e6/wawukukedoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/56523099801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/sumurigimiladulitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wugafiwewadokiladakili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szintai.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bibapepifevidelirugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c930aa1842---puvuvoxefidemogilutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cd7e4cf37---sinafupilinitub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/97229793902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8c29a60e6---xapanonagiriganalivubexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prctech-th.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadidevalitimajiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e760b0f13---jozawubetonejeduzuzovufop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0e2f22274---xiluginimulux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=allergens+in+food+pdfPDF 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_off0000b416.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB416 16768 bytes
SHA-256: 02182099b56ba95d5f6e4de26b1f8f5e700ed7d7d3893c14f3c952aa05908652
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE5 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 2766fbbc4ff2396e01237873691e1560e92c18f989a8273523ed769a77da08e8
font_02_sfnt_off0000f73a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF73A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1