Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 397286d4d6f524e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 20:01:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9e7e1ae9c3ac460694de1ece2bc0feae SHA-1: 617dad28bab7ff370186ccc75d5cbbfd0c336f91 SHA-256: 397286d4d6f524e3320ded83cc2ebc6f0232d4237064dae0ec181ec70496ee51
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for malicious actions, such as further redirection or exploitation. ClamAV and ML classifiers also flagged this PDF as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://efuturesthai.com/uploads/file/74567853394.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/300620083285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fsrflai2iopckq90ga2kn5dre6/sokawib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nenusuvifuvururipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/dezuterakuwubexedofamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/22874495831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49600d8d11a40c9bd691fe7f3c312a3c/37699354824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44c624b21f---zidapobawazifoparorigujuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/sekebani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d43818ecc9---41984776930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788b549a717---wosolabaxeperigepivilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3bee7bf9ef---93601747888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c461cfec773---72628621320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/bejovusulojaterem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/46497003608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fonimesat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hnhaa.com/userfiles/tnejp//files/letoxumekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/32091840893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68154357858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airelimpio.mx/img/editor/file/wedemevoluwivomop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/531ccda7e1039331742c01ba6de3dca8/nuvuforetibokuwefipovob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pej4u8jfjav8aggjc0fmihlqvv/32104467137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=search+for+truth+bible+study+teacher%27s+manualPDF 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_off0000f4b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B2 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 628431a0d9c1d329768c15b81219c548cd0574140c8907fa68a0f6fff19f61cc
font_01_sfnt_off00010ec8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126DA 17640 bytes
SHA-256: a4408d992d721d60a84e289db6756fa5226c7f5446910989c8a220554e01fab9