Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 360778929572bcf3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-10-02 22:14:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 54a7cdd0a9f77517ff0c67f6d314766f SHA-1: 206d0148b2ce3e5fde2bdbec6878265c9a167df5 SHA-256: 360778929572bcf38bc817f7143e6d5d1009520973f15946aecf6db1b354b96a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which serve as a link farm to host other PDF files. These links are likely used to redirect victims to malicious content, potentially for phishing or to download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a downloader or redirector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615759979b8b5---jojil.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://charming-dc.com/uploads/files/202109051352409289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ressourcengarten.de/azubi/userfiles/files/lolima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangladeshceramicsociety.com/uploads/editor/files/zukefakanoxumabasojubojep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2afd660085d4e6f710466f80b4b4175c/todawedivolovamajovufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3sdent.com/upload/files/89866483217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614181b7a1ca8---pufijubixisoxodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f2d595e2d2---fuwedozejugemoxawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanchariglobal.com/userfiles/file/gepikodevodozolezeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79885589806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadon-dientu.net/images/files/85555620253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saigonservices.vn/images/uploads/files/31447871973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volgogradexpo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8143404554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/31274078674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145c66019366---nanusikasoteritov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/sugejeferagaxekaxurunina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-daomeng.com/upload/userfiles/files/59492f6d356099bad42f9689ec2914b1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72024977868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iviltra.lt/images/files/65814108672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltdb.com/UserFiles/files/vawojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiaato.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_2FB99491E135A844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francoisdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7111050989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingore.cn/upload/files/82438070626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=like+a+certain+complex+crossword+cluePDF 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_off0000af62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF62 15484 bytes
SHA-256: 0d0328099b8c2b58380cb52615cb85aa83f4f67005cfc21a29cfacf2c9bbb753
font_01_sfnt_off0000d68b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eea2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA2 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 9f1dfef253f31b941196057b66720808e685f20ff61c877c5c506977455041f6