Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 396f12177a791735…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:45:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7271d97dd3ac0d36ed65e2d0f935499d SHA-1: 0f0324fa5f9f875efbfc6b5e2e0e93330dc9c216 SHA-256: 396f12177a7917355ff7956f807eb7e35ebd767ec2be2f8352f5b909988e5f65
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to facilitate further malicious activity or redirection. The link farm structure indicates a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f33f025fc---lorusekedupepu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/zigagekupififixujiteziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daikinhbac.com/upload/files/99335861889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwc.lt/i/87592123315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ad8a31d3b1e18c1be917bed93562311/xuvogonivewujoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609832e101000---votoror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2c179e15i7j6gllt62bnj2iop/55181793723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/83063915572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/silefizazotubed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d84a6be52---23901854115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukulakemofidogunepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd36f830da---83892918820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42723eab78---pajasurudawutanipalitinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf0239df829---46694803537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87ad9966c1---33106281295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec5fa764e0ec4603a99865e25917255a/mojelomis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-5/file/mikus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/57942291358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/vipoforonutizanutete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3cvj7in0gb1dlahr4m23sstkq/17825162805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kogan-photo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c4ce9ae90e7cedbe98c3e2d81ac77ce/lomudiwupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/pikudunosilosedaloda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/694drdcbtjuqoj62m5olvu3av7/67713944459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ukejajogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=built+with+science+female+lean+program+pdfPDF 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_off0000ebc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC5 17700 bytes
SHA-256: c9cee69f45342d016ab74b9b5ccbcf0ccac394b07327e37a8d23bafd3b9ea0d1
font_01_sfnt_off00011a06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001321d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1321D 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 2603ac9b2a24a9278542d69d6bd4fd574aef5cca602254a8ad58433626118774