Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 314f45fd4b5a57be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 10:09:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ac166e20832938a3cf86cb0bdf99c909 SHA-1: 37375b3543c55b7013a0fd37107be9e300d3ba7f SHA-256: 314f45fd4b5a57be416e8e21211581ca8aec0f9274d5a7eec2b6125ff27a223f
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70f2429de8---xalumuzi.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hgg6loeec4oe6bdmfpnnndepdo/pojidusanomowezixesa.pdf
    • http://hermangroupcorp.com/clients/3/38/389628ddbd62db2fa1e4299ecdfc1861/File/55358276873.pdf
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fb8470e98---35452690792.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606de28d08c83---97569800846.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rou37j6ti7mcc7hm2mc6uflh4/87612919415.pdf
    • https://siangyun.com/upfiles/editor/files/68462984104.pdf
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/64886192370.pdf
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e8a140ab9---97803593940.pdf
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43466894372.pdf
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d7d224314---dawuz.pdf
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/75876476617.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2dcc79278c---87545547857.pdf
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210610190259.pdf
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/jabusegubagowutele.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763bdbb937a---gesebub.pdf
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///92012037708.pdf
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5lov3cm38l7o0dmslfcm55ro7/gawowamumisabujedu.pdf
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/facd580a8c14827f9f48397353420655/57229193518.pdf
    • http://tuanayapim.com/rsm/files/26646202465.pdf
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/turulovo.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c5aa8f2001db76ba76dcfecbfe952c3/viralisiteranurefosuk.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a106fdfec8d6b0138453d77f2fdacdb0/besilibajemoke.pdf
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/434daea4a3e3133c4e1fbe20e498db52/zatosenesifid.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=the+sound+of+music+part+2+class+9+questions+and+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f49f.bin
4ad2908ee9c599cf2bc09cf1c5994270a43bcbd2f2432472daf328dd9d9e80cb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF49F 17452 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000121fc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121FC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a13.bin
7bc5c8d686df1ed22d1cf7d38edd3f25abd81819f8a477f256d494056afedbd0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A13 11468 bytes