Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 348542a5e8d31052…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-08-16 06:00:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2ef0918ddd90df32dc502da1082b7817 SHA-1: 6a7fd58a3875bcb82849ff99acc06549ab3f7a21 SHA-256: 348542a5e8d310523444f03c841536162e37db6744164cc1530e63e587c3f102
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/55286503949.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210726_CC19E2C83AF47BBF.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9babac5bc939b95459451391ee448245/dapakifetotetemesipubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/78922965186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79818621049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b34229306---tasogemevidovowagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8e601fdfc---98031136472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/kemiwebor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/24886997283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4r2pulb10aeml3tmf9idta3mqk/serijasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608797bce3e28---6039586075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prieur-equipement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15131729953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/4465110067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74445ddc4f---zazogiwuxafagudapugiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempegaring.com/contents//files/donikozoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/86032914725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103145aae4cf---88320152208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/kifowolebas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsverano.com/UserFiles/File/xufojuxeterud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/tagubidabefoferagadowurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giustizianuova.it/userfiles/file/31796825695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1412761e724bad627e7217f66d60af6d/12514982085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=2017+polaris+sportsman+570+owner%27s+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_off0000cef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE706 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 9523765aacb83df82e46ac74f2e5427b0214e41280840c7c9b0611030cbf0dae
font_02_sfnt_off00011438.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11438 11012 bytes
SHA-256: d8babcd3ec3e7ef0090b38f5ddd06ff3aa7c3df3b9ceb7d15fa488b10fb195f3