Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 350279af62bdcd2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-08-02 06:51:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e3843b6aedfde9bfe84f1ee8a11f4d6d SHA-1: d8a44b4093c7e6d27ba2d6d87187b218d685100c SHA-256: 350279af62bdcd2a0318e12c0831f9901611ab221d95cd6a27fc1be29065b525
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 executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://geoscan.it/userfiles/files/41054618966.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://familiegravesen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wawojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/20961295653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/vixalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qsb8s55v30j72i1017to4c33p/zejuvegoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d7e0216401a2ad0dd43378cdf1781f/83917307397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a639d7be10---41625796182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee562a89dc---95408767779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/dogunumoniwajigetunozare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/kiwudilupemijami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/896895bd2c94e519920a6be3c00ac6dc/wakimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a41co0n34dt79ick5vvc8qcl7/17281971482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c66dbbe9b4---zuzowatanosomegulasitibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073035de738c---14727883321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76630761263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802131b0af9---12827411861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa2aac5aa4---zawaxakatozibajoniwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/pulerimujuraramipedojut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823fa278e7a---2144505358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/37878977933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/ximexetulaferusalatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be586bc8ff7---20728633481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=everstart+maxx+k05+instructionsPDF 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_off0001058c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1058C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011da3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA3 10944 bytes
SHA-256: fad4bbdd13347f09683036337f56b57f051132bae5b58c287655e0d31cd6f446
font_02_sfnt_off00013720.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13720 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 15a304326edac4f9be7bd58e25ba4b0eb2fc00f4f6c0ba7c1c04b82ae08e7b13

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