Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 372ed898cdbc3097…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:28:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 92bfbf34f093fc8a314da66b8ac791ce SHA-1: 42c5d3bf71ff9923ec5db1442d893b3d3fc3b404 SHA-256: 372ed898cdbc3097fda8b43024a45b9c11ee234f3528e7476cb5385c32232805
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. Embedded JavaScript streams are also present, suggesting the potential for further malicious actions like redirection or exploit execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22333c936b988e8ef524cb3f2d0a4cd1/24235961414.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f365373709a4747663c212d0fab7b80/jagutamumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/dibexofefijidaloreta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b4ccc85266---5224935342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/vikofeneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613713997db9e---kepebuvigutevonijabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/1631250989gofej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatphathuy.com/Images_upload/files/vegazimofilutodoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents/files/82375941390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frickcontrols.com/uploads/files/25812663299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbi2cg0a0qric8b41ng8mnekd2/88263295856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/jefejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/buluxizaxuzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasobelanarejosugiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lbjgold.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92375980112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/penotowevositodilororan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulendengin.com/upload/ckfinder/files/robapigagafamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6b54b544b---71209204661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infas.cz/images/wiswig/file/xenajiseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a7df37615---78519823369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/97853077503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexisirifogaxikezaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=best+train+simulator+games+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ee63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE63 10848 bytes
SHA-256: e1a2347151458d296302bd53be9d5fe34618387ef9a6d063092bb8f22b87ecb9
font_01_sfnt_off00010732.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10732 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 4d671fa0637da5383b6f8fd708ec0e19d9c0b56677827ae2ab71ef1fa34bc79e
font_02_sfnt_off000133d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1