Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 376735ca2eb42b5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 02:47:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2de2e29ad8f7bf936c8fbf5a541a416f SHA-1: 5642238f2d7e2ff6ba5e4d3b5a4d2a02bceeb04e SHA-256: 376735ca2eb42b5a6e9c4e67a63b54583d7e9c9188e133194b33d35f4d921084
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on potentially compromised WordPress upload storage suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/zenatab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fde36c0cf---79772757749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spec-so.ru/sites/default/files/file/20054036039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugrctrani.it/userfiles/files/fifusupurixejekokutizoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/31056350429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/rowidika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7672325244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1631392582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homestayhoian.thamtuddt.com/uploads/image/files/wogudimedalupukefupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/71315108980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-mbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mulubuwipixes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c8aee85146---59709714501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tns-china.cn/editor_upload_image/file/tiwane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartech.lv/sites/smartech/uploads/documents/files/tutipupokenez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlm-kg.com/uploads/file/vefojufowar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heks-tech.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/lujufidogevikurije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fptica.ru/images/file/nexetoginufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokozentrale.de/idata/bigomuwupagiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitchile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74417232110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/74891705758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/daliwasaratisagupukivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fce53e7072---rawetiniritixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pc+racing+games+under+100mbPDF link annotation
    • http://mustang.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/berewuzudesivezefinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE319 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB30 10864 bytes
SHA-256: b2d6e86118605dc4268368e4396d03513b63782ed1a13060fee47d6d36c6161a
font_02_sfnt_off00011412.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11412 17952 bytes
SHA-256: 70759edc8c288eb9446ded722ecc816d7570ed96afd1cfb76f4dcf9cd7195b2a