Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 348f3103ca4a6ece…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:16:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b23750d046cdd8f354310cdb205a50be SHA-1: 0faee3cebf1db3986169fc11f982a0a9bfb3d932 SHA-256: 348f3103ca4a6eced7a1acb447154fd722dfa573093b0d73bdc139ab0d4b2dd3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to lure users into clicking links that could lead to phishing sites or the download of further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://oio.cn/uploadfiles/files/38865173663.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/31387947679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slphs66.com/clients/e/e6/e62fa13cff665df70d7481f632b33819/File/52555586954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/popagaweji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eefded2a88---49465180077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/87579928865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyderabadibiryanicorner.com/admin/images/file/68931358446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gp28r4a6ol7i8loffrhf68ml6f/tolipumusoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/9979332133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608321baa0659---7156292620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58d663b5414f0876a37c5461d15c3b84/35132873702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/96234998522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99e122f3769b378a531dc47f22d9142f/61688933200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/benoloxadezobedabize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d633b23b0e6---97844061310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greaterdeliveranceministries1.com/clients/61527/File/88987816226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/pilelokofilegamemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b3eeb6edaafe480a7b58ca201195225/natujopipufitalavis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c83eded829---95879681786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19d761df64b5f3b5ac269a1ec6789c41/koresaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/tilewijunezopisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9e57252f93ac408bbc84de843fb5dbf/besumexifit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=%24500+in+rupeesPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b1fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1FC 14888 bytes
SHA-256: 53baa177ddaa5e3f2976312a28710d8303475538c5287f80ac4dd8b50364e50e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d75b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75B 10288 bytes
SHA-256: 1d5ef8e85cd2d1dd781e661dff2bfec511d3c755264a9519f1619b485982bcba
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9E 1956 bytes
SHA-256: 58d645871022eaa6d3badd42d4701a843f6a817a07b05c7103ef90fe3ef010d5
font_03_sfnt_off0000f7a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1