Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 377361f746cbaf73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 03:14:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f0c4bfad052731c399590486c7d0b679 SHA-1: 58a315583edffd55bbc554211666cd9bdcfcead7 SHA-256: 377361f746cbaf7351819501ded12e70b13a5fe3d55366d3c63482626b015161
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and presents a link farm on disposable hosting, disguised as a download button, to lure users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with a high probability of being malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce34128c9015cc86cfffbf3d50548acc/64343111231.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/mudosaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiw.gbpopatowiec.pl/img/upload/files/79732736148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfhu6ab4bqv.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/nexuzizeseribubasot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/weruxenofega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.vn/images/ckeditor/files/riwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oris-am.com/editor_up/sotamuwenavewivoduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/zisevugudoluxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/veraxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/wobudezos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614271ebe938c---dimudazos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hocomesun.com/upload/gavij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mycocoa.org/images/upload/files/ferolebiladas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlabiura.kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20548408507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46881750312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alebusph.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/20613650324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b945514ff---rudunutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/rojupum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podereilmontaleo.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/daxunixunisibesel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balbu.eu/uploads/news/file/gamewolipiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391cebc4be6---57643881777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fdfcd66a49---guvaluxilen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ujndsr6rhd6oqiphi6e4t3bb2/49127162655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1acf/files/file/nawozore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pottoka.info/files/galeria/files/sinaxetokatugeriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prospekt-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makiguxosavated.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=best+site+to+download+nigerian+moviesPDF 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_off0000e2f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB08 10796 bytes
SHA-256: cd466b01da10ca97ede8cbf7bbbc8b5f2bc62ba49fdfde8645f3cfa77a3bf2a1
font_02_sfnt_off000113c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C7 17224 bytes
SHA-256: ff919e75cb47fe64199740dbed1380d3a263550a2c10933031a9095e81611734