Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4367180a91e93b0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 06:33:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: be1e13e19433233688646d553b8ca75b SHA-1: 26396471bd0a78a761547527b00e993be09d99ff SHA-256: 4367180a91e93b0a8839b6c7a4167fe1d361508056d4178f12434123404a2c65
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing by leveraging these compromised sites. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d361d92bad---wodesaxep.pdf
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a168c665f94---wileregizipotopabofova.pdf
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/6963863203.pdf
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c97412f5c7---vokasuradu.pdf
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d79130422877c87902c23b7b9b161be/lufuwagamixup.pdf
    • https://kovosluzba-praha.cz/res/file/43498628435.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25da3ee173---totemadajubav.pdf
    • https://aksukartela.com/images_upload/files/naradibu.pdf
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/32463796318.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a492ab2307f---52720299877.pdf
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/38477109354.pdf
    • https://woodfur.in/userfiles/file/kadalozadobupuvovinubi.pdf
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a83dc0a44---jobar.pdf
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52pu6efmnp3g7efv49gumb4h40/48920783694.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e379a97f32---tofof.pdf
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90d54dae81---zoziv.pdf
    • http://growourworld.com/clients/83159/File/remetosaxe.pdf
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apemi034396180vqjvq67n8sp8/35972170659.pdf
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1t9je8s611jej45ogovm6fjmfp/xizol.pdf
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zogexebokufageri.pdf
    • http://bwc.lt/i/92892473604.pdf
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vaio2m49vfo0i24ssp9rpq2bu2/72830280979.pdf
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l0offj29dcra0ianih7fib6nb0/penanodotezadu.pdf
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tofajazosizap.pdf
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/31221679707.pdf
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/27201013254.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=lovecraft+country+holy+ghost+recap
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000113c4.bin
850ec4976ce2a896c15269122267d28e904daf1ec821a960ab5193b36333414e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C4 10904 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012d04.bin
2d0b57686cd61b942c5aeb3a2d2fcfda7ea2f6351e8bc8695a991301694b2e07
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D04 17348 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000159fe.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159FE 16792 bytes