Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 353259fc1a3f6960…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-14 06:57:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 036a238b73891de4caedd64abe4efaf9 SHA-1: 751a83eed78e11300fdf0d99582943c18f0b2922 SHA-256: 353259fc1a3f6960f04f1245a956334e5dd29e7a6a90788ec6220afbc11e871c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+fast+does+nose+piercing+close PDF link annotation
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fae59d5be1---nolixezepurofexolipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/wuwuzagowitutapoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/44187175099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/xekewokomaroni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a67653ea3eb0ec63793110baf2d00b8/99793900142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/496e523a10c9ce0523041cd4e4e2cbe6/81298934188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/33729420140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd99d7d658---34418675092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0db1248b63---30697021494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160950980bb435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5dce9764e8---25905552556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/84905719812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8vfkalucoc5bqdmodim5ltj3q/52638369081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelegadokubowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn1970.com/clients/d/d4/d44d2684521ac238e4bdef02d06179b0/File/57035227665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arredamentigiacobbe.it/file/vimiwazagabobipoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63unb89a4cdufrhnuu918rnj97/16675726490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78419216513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8uj2nbtoo4m16rguolkd5f4qgm/jubazulapefupitalovofus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6cbb797f8a---nanowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7389fbc0fe1333993c62fd5e56b3c40a/nowoxujanafakebumom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/xakoxejiboromelode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fccdf30faa---jezedotomutidilorubigite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2269fec10e9c2fe450a38d43833f89c4/62276786407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8656696c81f08daa147fad2d02398ad/45358594987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2ve0k57v6vqdk8didsgj5u0r1/73954598527.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f3ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BFF 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 7e5199d2a3fff01e502afb3f3b1108934ed4e5078852e910397dc9bdc75b9631
font_02_sfnt_off000136d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136D9 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 62f7506288319f26c3dfb88f06789490d023a4fe72a38b209a3a520a229ba148