Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 368360387f41a1f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-08-13 19:11:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8c8bcf89211d4844d47a3d79032dca99 SHA-1: d5cf2cb41d1497751c2e0ed901120f4470f15d1e SHA-256: 368360387f41a1f8059a4e45ad464b030a43436793dd99776be8a8dc6aacbdd6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2c337cea1---61353306683.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2cc8722bc---76085580556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/79627321160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77686579221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunrui-ti.com/d/files/28632125279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/vulosekuvuzawazufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad6ce203f3c7721a1a2804721f1f6986/96502694925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b607f9106c---12883098611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uflo.edu.ar/ckfinder/archivos/documentos/32452821332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715ed766c39---jefurufunojagujikifono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a8a02567541ed7268a0f5d1464aa541/58282603782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25254f584d49c2150532dbf1a250c48/zegogoteziwubusesabadovij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d11048e625a821c19af6a1b23af21a09/gufexisesuwexesusegizag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbcae2ded5---zebabazusizuvexonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/burapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2hn709rs53jqj7p6utc22n7ugj/rifujajufebojirasurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/36542310481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.lv/files/files/mozobidodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fa74c8843---67071002634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eslms.com/userfiles/file/82447663849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/77295704513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/gerazupelasazekipitebobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793629653a1---fajusudekobulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/41706828386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/kibevawodesugajumasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b75nlsimtflj38tfvd8nj1ei5l/zopuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tt-ural.su/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vatevipakelikiwava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8481483b50---88656545313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=fragile+states+index+2019+excelPDF 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_off0001034f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1034F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B66 10964 bytes
SHA-256: c2893ff724fb135a468a660e16bb20f5c6e305448398f253c3e148198ab7df2f
font_02_sfnt_off000134dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134DD 18372 bytes
SHA-256: 0bfc342e6a36bfe23911addc11b33b0c7644edd5bcfd3568e59a94758945f29b