Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 398149f10fb64daa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-10-16 17:09:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: bf0743336374565c4cc60f9b766c235e SHA-1: 345f8026a38ecd8fa97247d6cf7371b39f8328a8 SHA-256: 398149f10fb64daa69932fff69ca884b8a820309328f7ae4c139f77d53ae646f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) is a common technique in malicious PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://spodne-pradlo-2bpoint.sk/UserFiles/File/labinowimuxixedufolese.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ventmetal.ru/userfiles/files/semojeravogezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gulijakilovedufemezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solemarservizi.it/userfiles/files/gimunesefufovife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needlugs.com/userfiles/files/kenorosuderex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorbolivia.com/userfiles/file/zazumakemapevonefituko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatanggiabao.com/images/uploads/files/xuzanuzija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/vazuturemimilisaveva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/satezosoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351167147d8---85200293639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-xian-coat.com/uploads/files/202109300527419829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e4bb4b7825---77152514642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bc8701a20f---40899118872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/83679753230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/98623553844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/dowizamasudexuxodokasavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16161b51f6fc5b---46333154796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merohamro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pufudediwubev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albertoangel.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumikipuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/buregep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxekurazosinenokixunulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmtechvn.com/webroot/img/files/12207857108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safeabortionnepal.com/userfiles/file/fiwomufajarudoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/5bhJmFgkeCE/uplcv?utm_term=low+density+proteinPDF 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_off0000c348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC348 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5A 16796 bytes
SHA-256: f982b90a50638a5149370b06c7143264743b90022a87bab8d200299e4503a40b
font_02_sfnt_off00010625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10625 10336 bytes
SHA-256: a17762aba7d253bf6a22786f65f6bd33ef597fd746637dd19a7fdfc6fbcb6b2c