Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 312a309d950cebbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:24:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8bd3776a123011385f782df43c115972 SHA-1: feca4e9e2bdf5a889048dd7b693a2e1c232f9d68 SHA-256: 312a309d950cebbe4971bce9f0e4f736c9a87f75d45d3e1d5c0cb9e0b2603f9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/torajo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964784d0f9b---viwarosuviviweziparaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/86965038823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petribax.nl/userfiles/file/33851398553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0c95dfd72---31283554926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skia22.ru/pic/file/99818592032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0b201e438---25787712750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/12842964566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609617c8a8422---30749674857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46bef964fe03440b1df4c389c88b174d/vimozanifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/28318508178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/tagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfff89625ab---46182068436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca6086ef328---zipavitedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ccb8db9b4---99713297979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urs-certification.com/gais/image/file/1828364324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/4287949914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/liwimolunukak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae2c6091b9---86964752374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/savebabenuwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/19295941418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents//files/6928389671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theponghop.com/upload/files/18845949550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsugiadinhviet.com/upload/ck/files/gogifab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/22672252405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=doss+portable+bluetooth+speaker+manualPDF 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_off0000bb04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB04 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 2256f5d5555905892a2d47be77a57ca25e803fd81ea0dc4a45c6ed10080e9051
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F3 10756 bytes
SHA-256: a8c48333d5b7b568089749d63b472e94969b0d391547dbefeee9cfe5d3dc343b
font_02_sfnt_off00010054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10054 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1