Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 376f1494223e8955…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:48:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ede8d29bac4359f8ba47a7217d941340 SHA-1: b82efadcaa3bd096e1f8af02eb3ff5bd882d757d SHA-256: 376f1494223e895548daa949f787f78a943f30d0aa07d38b8bafad69dafcc6d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and external URIs pointing to potentially compromised hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cj1qv9jb3uq0qh98324s8q1ug/nopasaza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f017078b08---kapajotibipone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/1624023037vuvowasuribud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96451998303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210714104927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbd56f9a8a816348f5bc2d28c2a32c98/69612112173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/70595692960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/dopawamuravezegozilavugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congnghieptauthuyvietnam.vn/upload/files/82727451912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021081719445883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781bb1d3179---24561552019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ec62ca7b8---xufasor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/21478691625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/96227664481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/ravejagidasogikitifibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4baa370b23443a5d222dffa8e67f5c2/37868726009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d2b6de1046962c653e7ade801ba2e64/67342508551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/wudapegaxemasof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a92df8a9e9599598313846580eb5f0b5/37056739955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/suqmenf1f9jbijiu6k6llq3snr/35486630184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b17cecfe63ec8b86a713b86e02a875fe/kebunokoxeniluribi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ec2f703bf2ce32a01e39da6c418a60f/jukafofakade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/36319018465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85145899621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43286792701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimwendelldesign.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jejonujovejedatuvipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=hadikat%C3%BC%27s+s%C3%BCeda+pdf+indirPDF 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_off0000b44f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB44F 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 0266efd7e4c687c00fbeba9c9fe4e5daaf564f0ec8b990aa7d470099e0df39e0
font_01_sfnt_off0000cca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e4b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B6 15660 bytes
SHA-256: f2c5fd513b15dbf72244f83f2f9f02782465fb19f700e9daa52812d279d79e86