Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 385a742e6341a85f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:52:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 236b2f14b03922714c0c0cd51340dbb3 SHA-1: 4a5296c902052927d404bc580524b46135b62d39 SHA-256: 385a742e6341a85f18b94fbdb40e4e74148a8f2e7c9ff36f575e36b3b8878180
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to various domains, including one hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/fuxodikitezisode.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nsk-nalogov.net/upload/files/gimewakevetusuwevelebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westfallassociates.com/documents/file/98920345541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents//files/71619514944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59504234637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202105141823526098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612aedb4afd6c---44517175652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/vuzom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fb501a4d6---26714904258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaikaland.hu/upload/file/77245993297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/61225539672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098467aeea33---14443477397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonapartefamilynetwork.com/clients/7/7d/7d081654635712149502d88e72c54c2d/File/xesazarajutifonobenafaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/948ac11b9b0bdaacac47c0d89befa15e/73926930664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zizegumunaropob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6ceaccce65---rawawoxegolowifixavemezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optykglowacki.pl/obrazki/files/tireburipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42fad6575995f0fa524b6816e7aa86ac/14055967285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/jivebomadokemajuden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-ex.net/userfiles/file/remukiwuwesogekipenum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///85728923449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental1970.com/clients/5/52/52cfbc2c58cc98a1938bca6351e90795/File/betesikejolirilijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609336305f3ed---41655271086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=phonic+worksheet+year+1PDF 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_off0000da21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA21 10624 bytes
SHA-256: b4dd9d05ba88bddbaf8f8ce2e89fd01c16f11daac1c5f2ecaa8221fb6329c1a7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f28f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28F 17488 bytes
SHA-256: db654e8c389ab1ca41087d441c4c5d7c9a89cb66bba5df5ab2bdda2404d57b2e
font_02_sfnt_off00011f7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1