Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 346538321f3b45f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:36:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2b2662b707f352c638c62e22d6910f5a SHA-1: 9c01a996ed9a955376c1507fa3fa81153c649b33 SHA-256: 346538321f3b45f6d2e12ac11f77aa84dbf6de4035e48993e1618bd1ee14d22b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage. This suggests an attempt to obfuscate the final destination and potentially distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f1ac52851---jowuju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yoga-privates.com/yoga-privates/file/dumewatazeteso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/kixerisisepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a75bc14f33---debagovibemofezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwynva.com/clients/d/de/de91e19d235d8a3764238851c6b73f99/File/6251415500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079402a6e3a2---xukodowotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnagarancija.com/userfiles/file/49397551951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/93537812565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021072811415380554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/70112771467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trivio.it/userfiles/files/nubidoxabikuxuloso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.huaikrachaohospital.go.th/assets/global/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18876267217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2e1b50b06---35413591825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23d23c495c---xotuderusuvarujama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b142206b751---zegezikuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/1215478602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/8479978535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b656c271bf69431de6a057e4fd90c9d4/28898050943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortemadera.com/wysiwygfiles/file/15915072583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/95090975599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/fovepadiwovavonovata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmickino.ru/sadm_files/bagopamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85455282468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newcastlehigh1967-50threunion.com/clients/43248/File/vemibixabuvupujerasuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedesco.pl/userfiles/file/12400647082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=titan+vinyl+cutter+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_off0000b878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB878 10344 bytes
SHA-256: b0a92a65f1ac2022386e8038d7dd9b291a04d628fce5d716d8313644e21a774e
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e7e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E5 16036 bytes
SHA-256: afd4f11bab468d770c89a1790c263037ba6e0c17bfbb0e09f81c67a973cc841c