Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 332b37da3ffbbe65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-08-22 00:43:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 4b9883ce5cf5cdfaa9c109e8c701b5f9 SHA-1: cb61e1d2ee90ecb4dae9d91ba9830e668b2abed8 SHA-256: 332b37da3ffbbe65f4c886a505dac9f42d5b165e6142c2f4d8c5582216c96bcc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=game+of+thrones+season+1+episode+4+summary PDF link annotation
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df3bec2827b84b0ef2d8dd5f0edd0629/vubobokeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lv0k63p90f0q4pprnd503rdjfs/tezitagefimofarudobasitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608475f06c78f---97514946107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/gukikuxukufagal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607168d851c3f---mexasopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a07010ed384c2bc611bc287ac753193/26100564904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/56904717649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/gapobugen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbpfb4vmtrba8ir19qh1u66gp9/dedemusatigujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/27469164894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klusjesindex.nl/images/uploads/keviweribibusufadoxiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saaretravel.ee/images/file/xirerejowiraluposururida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ofh1ifkbm6a6u4klhedktosej/nuwoxajobozudaroxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/tivumidaloduforisigob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/80660408351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/totepikuzos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98458316ed5a024c702978a4e283a134/nabomonebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafaxiwawapuliretevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e36001srh1erpqa3krclb2aup/disegopobanazawenepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a09a43e9b3b7a799f7d18c606e9b5e53/20101760056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/87105937336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cf5a538452---fasilibamunirojumananokov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emmanuelmissionarybaptist.com/clients/74938/File/duxinogobudosovivukivaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-karavany.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86343159712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/48839804298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precisao.org/files/files/71434807308.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_off00011380.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11380 18204 bytes
SHA-256: b81729b9259b01e44fb993a31b336ccfad68fb4d5a7e25809d3dadab00177e8d
font_01_sfnt_off000142b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142B2 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 0aaf3180b7a521526107380d357636932421bc580e9f418a568f40007591d289
font_02_sfnt_off00015c88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1