Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 369b74de46b0e568…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-06-10 04:45:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 98ed64f128c295e639b1f7b4536a841c SHA-1: 24fbc5de72bf4d9671e5aaee7a04de3f42c2becd SHA-256: 369b74de46b0e568bcba0b38b1a133453e606fc4d107eb1ee166ca35ece3aa94
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document contains multiple links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations. The primary lure, indicated by the URL parameter 'utm_term=naruto+ultimate+ninja+storm+2+free+download+for+android', suggests a phishing attempt disguised as a game download. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7807

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+ultimate+ninja+storm+2+free+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45365aa1ptthcs2bjgirua2cn4/mazositamuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b5621d920ab---92532632668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/66251111844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/174a2a3ee18703cea4fc7ef4ab2bf1cb/gexike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a91ek2kff312khdg2uavlqfph/49500205318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/400ecc4726bf3938e647e16a37b1ac06/7190999110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd96ff2c0344cd05085aeff53206199a/tozirojifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dee3cdf764---22177633685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608611761ab7f---peterapujerevogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec43fa89ba---36522190592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bacdfe1d156---dinofik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609857ad28ba6---kalobeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727948bfd4a---14841984813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8r1v5gl2btgf89pfeo6lv8n33d/20487332382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc87050cfa---vufamofifanizeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eece.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECE 5324 bytes
SHA-256: f15d2986af4977292cc729ebe51cd8e60c8705db640a00862dc66a94be066bb0
font_01_sfnt_off000100e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E0 1800 bytes
SHA-256: a36eee06fef6ce219692c4ec918276ac99413e4fd1e3666e4031624f9289d620