Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 378c32d1951f6ef4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 15:14:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ba2dfb409dfb3d55c31ae1b8af96bb58 SHA-1: a960eb26a6a9ca6d571dcb21b690777720b869de SHA-256: 378c32d1951f6ef4c5d3fb2dd0872a574cb13edd6903cb7a7536ef15de9fbbfd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or further redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketafaxibesezuwizigila.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/jeziforepiveboba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26228694633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyozenemeryville.com/uploads/files/sovojupifajamoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latgalesamatnieki.lv/files/file/56587279873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.giuseppe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96062200697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austdoorcaocap.com/upload/files/11864401033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanmemerp.vn/attachment/files/fuvazotakojipebagavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/boruvasukiguwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18181840413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/keniwirimami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nergizleryapi.com/image/files/mesegiwunuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandvloeren.nl/fckimages/xozuvubosesuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhcoaching.nl/userfiles/files/zowetobulirafovozela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jan-fotografie.nl/upload/files/mukeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz/uploads/palojopemiwebuvegezek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/66968413851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b4b8d9295b---kidunafalezidanojomaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85901090d378576015aa687d6f87c7bb/26877556356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613921929f76f---roziladekatut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/vagepabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312e8934d98---duzasixolakesuwujokun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankajplast.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83130405949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firmabudowlanawalczak.pl/web/uploads/files/3194201802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/75864548422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=sbr+rubber+structurePDF 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_off0000de3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3D 10016 bytes
SHA-256: 600dfeaea462c9d753f57b64770d8097e15507c86dfdc0fa6fe518952dc4dfe5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f49d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF49D 18216 bytes
SHA-256: 47ca58baaa12b015a63f5bbd0d718de18217a95e5c7aab52896e97e1502f5b06
font_02_sfnt_off00012480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12480 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1