Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3590952db42aa305…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 03:47:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9747607922f2cf31ef390392de95c855 SHA-1: 5a215d8216dcc0b0f35e363b7ea3de49248356ea SHA-256: 3590952db42aa305f61e97eee546596960f40141fbfa32f2b8e5493216aec891
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, several of which point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of JavaScript suggests it may be used to download and execute further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://wwsm-us.com/files/file/35301115884.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yule-sign.com/upload/editor/file/20210916043824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ab0b8781bc93596d804f58398b87d7/gilupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcnjl.com/userfiles/files/66578716738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/nukofapigivilinejirowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivaldelmaridaje.com/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/14031841957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161425995d1826---68286727928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahl2005.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54896675636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbmedax.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/mijusabepixatidutoxagodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingdecal.com/uploads/assets/file/24689418756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/raxurivotisubuduka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaunas.cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/34430687065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nasfthr.com/userfiles/file/19900794452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb21629412---powevinepebanek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/7729308708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/39422059907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/24038916714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maximaviajes.com/FCKfiles/file/pesozinekazoxipaviredim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poliinc.com/upload/files/687534328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.globalnautique.nl/upload/files/mizobuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://styrexon.cz/userfiles/file/nifosolerodiwomisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.habitat-morvan.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zepuxepekesipub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/balopizexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/xukoxugodolapefikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95218948506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=who+moved+my+cheese+full+book+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_off0000c7ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7EC 16768 bytes
SHA-256: 77b2cd3eab80ef723f72c9ad9305e3e2deea58d72cc9c492d73e723240564069
font_01_sfnt_off0000f31a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF31A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B31 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 08196ce9281d88cfd668a5103fb6d925791b912e83e081765eaf1c11c7048820