Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 376a3c36a15ba36a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 15:32:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 97c3d55d0e09303190a25632f1fcb444 SHA-1: 7683dec7d545ec468a077d9f73f00ef0ba4fb229 SHA-256: 376a3c36a15ba36af24449d88993158f811714583c8a3e9a071f1932ceab6053
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to external URLs, which are numerous and hosted on various domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports the attack pattern of luring users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368084b5d21---pekexabulemokin.pdf
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d310457c5bd682116198c4a59282dd/duxudavaxelalozepawox.pdf
    • http://inbiosa.eu/static/cfiles/files/ninuzowo.pdf
    • https://trinityautorepairs.com/uploads/files/pokogukegirasuxanikukesix.pdf
    • http://zopos.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38397780645.pdf
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417265ee269---17129690897.pdf
    • https://agencement-menuiserie-var.fr/stockages/files/18919992332.pdf
    • https://mayphotocopydogia.com/upload/files/pojujoropegugunopen.pdf
    • https://accounting789.com/ThImg/file/83746717007.pdf
    • http://thanhnienxp.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/72666837521.pdf
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/22703031394.pdf
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613295af34c58---58036555701.pdf
    • http://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/nozojusazigoxikozuk.pdf
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ravegudadakujidebonup.pdf
    • https://bodzlomu.com/userfiles/file/lavozakavinanas.pdf
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/54300657664.pdf
    • http://www.jasolasia.com/image/upload/File/70786395560.pdf
    • https://aynispirit.nl/userfiles/file/jofov.pdf
    • https://valleyrentals.com/userfiles/file/jinar.pdf
    • https://khambenhxahoi115.com/images/files/wibugoko.pdf
    • http://cieplej.pl/imgturysta/file/16926065210.pdf
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/donin.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a5f20945a619d58773443f3dbdf21e8/69966365963.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=image+processing+using+opencv+in+android+studio
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d5c4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5C4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eddb.bin
30415764efa09c3a3616c2f3e550e7edfefcaac6cb1f34a1a742263ef60c8615
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDB 10928 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000106eb.bin
9b6bf815d8e44d14d59177da2599b052970b4f0da644b517db353d2ac84ce5a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106EB 18712 bytes