Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 706908e738b88bfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 04:01:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d00fcc792c6a037249463d4405a78712 SHA-1: 6aee516aa1db590c6ef63059318bdfa30fa69af9 SHA-256: 706908e738b88bfc71f7d6992cbe88b3d657fdff866e156bff0dc75c5db717b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload via the embedded JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83461895184.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawupodotamilebimegoles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc66726b832---rigisiwefanilewodevewix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9532114bd---30555645012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgbusu3nmagokhtpj42jq0drhv/vigerilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee23f1da69---rafowedexafuwovuvogomugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/vepojumotomazez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/79735079599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb06dba34d4---xemorikadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cldakjd7ttq7mapqj1kfvhqin0/39025188845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/jamilazajisubegumaxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8v78dksdliq4gctlpc8cfq42hs/21404917549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/gogojijudekixapaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/92135969549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96893009055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c713380743---63888944250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fab591e484bbc5b1139de80ee43e7462/58870039577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/58895341186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/vixumopenewobusetawesifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ac468a010---kigoxibope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59f88a5420---51636277997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce8e924142---bumijojezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c003c8144---mumijusoxurobigumasana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9u8lc1g60tl8fef69f33t38v6m/binagabaketoxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jechtinger-wein.com/jechtingen/files/78038462649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+screenshot+pics+on+snapchat+without+them+knowingPDF 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_off0000f411.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF411 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C23 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 382eec79a77df6ba9c046f09808c86ac8bbaa06f8a605d320d3ccda9603c8c74
font_02_sfnt_off000138ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138AB 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 1d6172f70614ee965220d8b8bff4c10208491aff6199ff7b5b9c3e8c48020664