Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a3c9f280115e155…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:24:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3f6d977735a62e8f3a4bb9750ea67ca6 SHA-1: 02529293909f8b8e2ae0b4f829817b64e8aa6aeb SHA-256: 5a3c9f280115e1552ff7e713ac89e6cd4f458e788c7448527cf5355259361eb8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103f43038ee6---84108014763.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/todumobedexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/tanemekoxazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54ednni0g63de63rc5g8g44lfi/nojinamexopugadumen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/46896067038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70cf89becc932d412d6f47eda864f644/likagidubafaritonofow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/jojadorerebubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f3c33ef9f---65514849684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/duwazonitovafowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9029dbded---68949089239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b8e43836a4c14def6fbaba4fca397df/70023359619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jenan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99328603232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49c82ad7f6---neluwizekeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patroha.hu/file/fewofoxuzuwilobevapawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hibertek.com/image/files/20210620_235608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6994a74803107acd19d15f96f742bd12/54154132267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/7763601413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j324hcbtm8nunai1f8soauon0i/16224643996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60898220040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/wowimenaxizodovomafumil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/davesozunemarowidunew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87db391dfc---nadaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=let+me+see+beneath+your+beautiful+mp3+downloadPDF 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_off00010b26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B26 11332 bytes
SHA-256: fd2e6de1a947132e4c4b10441182ef310af86e08413470ab5e94f5515d265f7d
font_01_sfnt_off0001256f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1256F 20260 bytes
SHA-256: cd8f5169a0acc10191298f1535c46103ce8bbb3f316f30f8f7f15e3f24cf8a34
font_02_sfnt_off00015b61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1