Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 397ee94c7b4ccb14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:53:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: a89d40a044a5b226f32f3cb7535ab53e SHA-1: 3086770e6a364349b0260f54a061193e06b5ccc8 SHA-256: 397ee94c7b4ccb14726ff665a55054446b5d215c5baca79b97411ac518d08a97
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for link farms, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6b0q9k60hbas98obc5rruqls3/feditemiwusopupal.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a40a6c592b993ff34671a43b0e7426f/zafexodogiropo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161086faddff91---97639092935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82387591742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/vodadefaminajajef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29841297079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd2749e4275c939f368edb17d68c51c8/redikivedituj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/novuzovapale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liladenikafitosobalawasos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/tojufawikura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161042d871322c---monewenaniresases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57057006593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gomaihoa.net/upload/files/89742503667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sfmo6u4gdn1bju6q59mthlgpq3/36333407756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marathon-gexin.com/Uploadfiles/files/59087637476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqs9oapggcd0hj5vbo95qsp9u2/rugovad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895b9735c2c---36590535460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/68133347903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/molemikibekibazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/95871285505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/finiseriralidefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/74505325638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://health-bridge.in/upload/file/poxotawixuvajekonetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/52646732302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8b2975baa---45676236425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+you+call+the+owner+of+a+corporationPDF 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_off0000e9b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B1 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 855b683a8672cbeff413359c0ab9ddd36df1cf3bd0baf3214089e8074dbda2ae
font_01_sfnt_off000102b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ac8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC8 16868 bytes
SHA-256: fd295c93d569d514b44670f253df59ba06d86057ab5fea0a235def78af44b3ab