Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3564a232cd9c0d3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:45:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d7345e65c70f82acc7dcdd59ed06d085 SHA-1: 2d5bab43b96cf7a93a6aa51a13256c64074a3b66 SHA-256: 3564a232cd9c0d3e027da54706f1dbf7cfbb531b503e22deab851c4b3e184655
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress sites and a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to external sites for phishing or to download further payloads. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e6a1c53d27d9a50005f8b78590dfa02/76519417369.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/bakigebef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bapuaaofogco0tmal5mfl5afi0/81394596807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emploi.nat.tn/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67786049423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc8e9541027---4640243398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9oas913ho5esgg9fcm6le1m4p/depozomir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/xowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matharu.ae/userfiles/file/38139334741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/ruvexewototulozurimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kkc6r8sdvhuffcp6h4pm88npuk/sitabokemejevibokapox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ranagro.com/files/19023636381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcstonetw.com/uploads//files/202108100646579447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbemnkjd7bfu.xn--p1ai/design/img/upload/file/39675136090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87f070c6e9---49743427101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsanaq.com/upload/file/2108252204289218777a9ys9uss4i2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a384240dc9f---fudunotuvuvifefemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vepajinix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/vilatoloborixubixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/19644845440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgp-puh.hr/fck_media/file/264280911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportyou.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibanokewodobegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2c8f87e8b---76896985778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidropro.hu/upload/medapusinopefijotugifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd3663b726---16935317750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=binary+fraction+to+decimal+pdfPDF 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_off0000d5b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC6 18404 bytes
SHA-256: cee9e2dd69d0aab0976239c9e2e6ab0bb327463582cdf53bbeabea0c3730b320
font_02_sfnt_off00011ce6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE6 10780 bytes
SHA-256: fe40f4bf0634256d1707505e566c0656c505746778f89842e9c96696c8270473