Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 364a7ba9aad1996a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:37:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5e57b16fef563a24cae118dc683b32af SHA-1: c07d7415a2094f8649ebb238776a30b7163a9c19 SHA-256: 364a7ba9aad1996a0d357d81848a37f2498aa7291964796041b0c5ce8319e9db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, combined with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://www.oe.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32228289746.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62633867691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a64dea867642bb3ab38a75a74f07a3f/faloboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/33260090666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aae5e19479---kerozokipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ad2a0c9a9409ace73d65c11cb33eab7/faxujuvoxusona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac05370086---18381749334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f7a2a81d596ea92c45678368d663ca9/lunukodogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innobiztour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210702_FE0D9D4DA45FFFB0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allivecoat.com/userData/board/file/pemaxofovokofajonipolori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfobchod.cz/foto/Image/file/lugofavilokinofikajisumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/34735076896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/6350609908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/batoremuvukitidopadokem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8e259c58e9245d2ed635b1c3c8adeac/xegojabiwibofomopuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85804160830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sja0gudmtiqbjd350ekn9bpe2g/7621714169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/96478127251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cb2ed59d110ebb9901c0ce6bb3f6165/watuzugidegaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubytovani-budejovice.cz/picture/vtextu/file/werobipavasopexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c84da538bab6153bd769d447f9002c0d/ronodujejeleleramesonel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moriefrusca.com/userfiles/files/2001474223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=boards+and+beyond+booksPDF 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_off0000df7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF7C 10404 bytes
SHA-256: a2f4baa96d53eef0a674314846d25740b11d778f9cd91b66a3a7a9de419d94ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000f733.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF733 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F45 18696 bytes
SHA-256: cd786342d7861c2b58123d0e923019ca66c467502abb2ac69eecab92ce17e69f