Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 790340635ede2c5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:15:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bd8efb96819cd40c4080c2cf3807aa1e SHA-1: 986e6f9b4295980bb23f8f56af82bc460e8904b5 SHA-256: 790340635ede2c5d93bbe910374fdbd19e8572f62c59063c5e34bdfefd4b7b12
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting further suggests a phishing or malicious content distribution scheme. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' reinforces the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/wanebufapomi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613030be024fc---82201248893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fa2ccdb0167c93f4ad8665329c155fc/rapadujagulig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e6b2f0e595b3cc3cf4f83a10d4f12d8/90781434209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb5e1ae224---33659146569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kassa.pl/userfiles/file/91005249383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.css-jp.com/upfile/files/2021/07/02/jalupelerak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://self-storage.sg/images/uploadedimages/file/75684830230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/83357556118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/79233876308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamatinifitexutosozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michael-dhom.com/webseiten/file/mepufunujisowavadudire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sammyuriasproperties.com/userfiles/files/dubatepazisasozipotekamel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/titof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dae40d0e3a96eb10388e6f889db6ed2/62275257049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hexindechem.com/upload/files/nobamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelniagararimini.eu/userfiles/files/94317526209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc56e643b41---jiwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/es7ae6ipsii9iv3kpgt1n77l55/namamarubigorajazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160e7f84862ede---gewojemebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/gilibiwuxuluxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/31597991506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/silulavezijivufejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=user+manual+for+alcatel+3025x+mobile+phonePDF 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_off0000cc04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC04 11644 bytes
SHA-256: 9dfdf45eec7122342cc70e34352ecde967aad8c7223ef35b996943c06937438a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e764.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE764 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 8f4df6a2bc1445ae39ab0e47a961620c3b1f46fee1d15e0c937c32ac86f79884
font_02_sfnt_off0001165f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1165F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1