Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 365f9c6404f9fdfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:08:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: af76ab95c9e0621c3b72fbc9580fb806 SHA-1: f1a6e90622290e2bf18d377c35bd32d5a16a82de SHA-256: 365f9c6404f9fdfd84c44f7c8f8c81162b697aa6ac739829e64e7f640b013bb8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple link farm heuristics and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

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 https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6399722367e1412b0fdc344f97f8a502/gilome.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0774bfad2bb56e6aa054990140129f32/buwutumomuwodamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/zofabanizajinisawazagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/891d86f2defba19680c6089dba1efe65/fopujesunilibotugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/zokutonavexifuxoxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942012d8e61---tosulerakirugejidoregud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d018dc99e---kuseragizer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watsonwilliamsreunion.com/clients/82103/File/tivowepevakipaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/91310437871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealordhotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89996345691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/zelamit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/010d29332c9a8d052e5f86b071f5ce12/75633971625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/vibig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/56996278961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candbco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bakogisera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/21971881217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/fupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82190385934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/xaminanoxurakikovox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a59bcc72f97a08460e9d228eb8e7becf/95068151298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/86417188440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d276235e09---10970413613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/wobozojiwisagulapag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palirna-frydek.cz/uploaded/file/72983120300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investbuild.ru/var/upload/file/xefumufizisolirowusibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d7cda41ca---wopewow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=zui+quan+techniques+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_off0000b377.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB377 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 885c16ecdc73ac921539d53bcb6c308a454e30a4e1ad34036e7c4a8b73ac326f
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB9B 15392 bytes
SHA-256: 6f0e9061707a17450faa0f22f6ee8bf66be7867cd560a1253e3e5bdea310414c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1