Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 347940d46e47463b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 08:07:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 320ddd83b3de3e134ac3f10c8df9a63b SHA-1: a4a6e543b8e1fde5ece814f862eaa5aa93466485 SHA-256: 347940d46e47463b0d2b19370e2d890db99aa9dae539efcc5250edcf4b228892
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9786

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=je+ne+peux+pas+in+english PDF link annotation
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqm8cp2nl8u1gjh514teehi0a4/garatewotobufewadelaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4941dbec0---68475875994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/torabegowevabanega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fourseasons.events/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c6e92f4ae69a956f5a35d740e463d13/15853352486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avflash.nl/upload/files/keduzupedazonoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/gubulapaxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.proyecpapel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xokowazar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktp49cidqdpt0fdb3ps858ofh3/sedisurovapakepugowojafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e686ad8e1cb---88552640782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096057a568fb---71719724032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2e22829e2c---borulasufuwafulemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1a155845b---7847634777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871b4cb0663---13410482573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d41d51e3c---43811279056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/fuwewili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/31112139459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ebef4e89343c10e7872f5fb0ddd6b3/45256561410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ef81893c4---41667569117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c536db924b0ab9a399c9b8b3f30be32/89968301876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607122ef9e7c8---bopuwerunobotetusubuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/93527742778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c40512e05---51112556970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1970fchs50thclassreunion.com/clients/1/19/19770213778af891f1b13fa25f964f50/File/javiwunasivagoxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f65eddf29ffcb0b5239314df0e78546/7832280543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5k0116d83j1n6pvsugacgm9nef/25228199630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700efdcc0b8---56884791375.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0FF 16252 bytes
SHA-256: bfc7ce51a1a9b37382af61f0075eb0cdb972126da031002d338643432d80e6e4
font_01_sfnt_off000106df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF1 19104 bytes
SHA-256: f98aec9cd08a89487f07d406a0917df58fd0c4fa3c01edb59b8312b9c60ab0d8
font_03_sfnt_off00015026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15026 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 5a4be4add59a2d79329d7072cd50cedd62915bc40c2703111a8761d28f9a9eb9