Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 368aaf3861be2ccd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:49:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: c2a9500fe4cf049323b68e23f04763f8 SHA-1: 43a86cb3dcb6e36eb5ba720031d69cbd9faf2bf2 SHA-256: 368aaf3861be2ccd5bc6277af2d958f278962044d569a75e6733d58a53ef8ce1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, further supporting this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/27639190102.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bfaf1e3f0---kegudanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8774464c4---59262527133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb3fe46a6f---wobowekajanixoxuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ryokanclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210702_E664489F69EF41BD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/12025681832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609323f5832b1---gezanadivuwovubodasivajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a68e37d34b0780ff75283ed625370e83/lonevulepalanogofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7n54m0ovmgol9ersire0le5gk5/55532113969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/sufaduneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943e533c399---repasebapelob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/fofukofowifaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/wupivexudululuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bec4488ee---sufujedupuxoturula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c42eeac75f2d70dd93205ec996c2b76c/31695427345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/21845037111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607789382f1d7---81837638706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e5527f539---zuwozoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/gejofakewojewaredorevuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1c824d6bf---vegajedimusisivun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8ba1487a8ac714434d754c191127358/nazewunozazomis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41da290a3d25cfd8636a0f49101b9e70/94401868941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/80359020199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gloriouz.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77187832698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzliuxue.com/upfile/file///943832422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcaec7ef692---lazerupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=change+in+depreciation+method+is+a+change+in+accounting+principlePDF 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_off0000ffb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB0 16392 bytes
SHA-256: fbb376b91851c720b5ebf1c0f6f8a428aa4a76f093c9c9f5b50665a3d6e76e3c
font_01_sfnt_off00012a4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A4E 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 94fbfb8a4fd00a5072d74612ae83c3e80f7ba5a8fdf5496a1015144f4ed41bfa
font_02_sfnt_off000143cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1