Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 361cf230ec59078d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-11 21:54:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a8908a7d29d32f8912e6a15d9627fab6 SHA-1: 1e4a5d2d50c00e370eb3bf39aaf1a5457cd64d7d SHA-256: 361cf230ec59078d38b17c7a5f228e8fd358e08429500aa7052570139bf2af5c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://damosushipleasanthill.com/uploads/files/tibesip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://numismatika-nbkpdy.cz/userfiles/file/57176491076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivutunijasugupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b72a399f02.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317e83458b8---9565025311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52493558086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364b7d4948c---8712369750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c53875b23---34998989247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53924177022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jezirka-biobazeny.cz/UserFiles/File/61004776539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onsijsselstein.nl/userfiles/files/20195295123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://britishcytology.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22287773363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16131b8f51cc76---49699814087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/95667896942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/2021971736115403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nslfkvqg30266nvmo51fu85n0/mawidoselamawadiwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistarelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/82732271483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunshin.net/userfiles/file/24356327112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46330693034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcntanduc.vn/img_duhoc/files/momirebegulisuxenavabere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izyskately.ru/foto/ck/files/mifuroxusevebepewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belovosushi.ru/files/2783429266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastravariaizvoarelebratiei.ro/images/file/89405037923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ac+market+download+for+windows+7PDF 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_off0000da6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA6C 16524 bytes
SHA-256: f153e672932a289f0b4bbe2df19b87c7dbedfc84b66a78f83bcfac509dea2c9d
font_01_sfnt_off000104da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104DA 10844 bytes
SHA-256: e4e5296ac4cde5aa216969094008328f5179bfa8770d7d1a0d5b0de2dc5a0a88
font_02_sfnt_off00011e0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1