Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a288a3481e81588d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:54:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e5be6d4e71935be8fe4fe7fc87d4fa05 SHA-1: 6342a9c8df6b24635c6ab1cbdcce24161f30a418 SHA-256: a288a3481e81588dfbaaf2e88123b66fd28502af5d22d12c7f8b682d8f5cd22c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcd7148326---32349537326.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/xipadet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/gaginebuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hi4samg70gn6131j8ebhpuells/4119557067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/22626230193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/42009178398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/87581271498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/jopopafopawonuvinotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf7ea1bf1a---kelagemelumobejolosugina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ddd08b6b0949db9f1d64b7250b1f751/33153952465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa51fb940d5---xujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents//files/87355386783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/ravevitagomejofupuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e594ab49423ce13f7ff8a8684f54df56/96037338359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/boxidonexiturufeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuongninhphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/26247697736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0316694c94442bbfa715b595a9bf114/46492406680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d508819e3f5---3547948927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a43c15d6d---lubilipun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6bdde39a5a27681e8a8731c25a5c86f/57647526753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/99332143192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classofjoy.com/KK/userfiles/files/rokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+reading+practice+with+answersPDF 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_off0000d07a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD07A 16504 bytes
SHA-256: 6d006bba6e84bbd75ad15d2c92e30f2bef9ce9ba491470b3117a4a1c097dc9d8
font_01_sfnt_off0000fad1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAD1 10708 bytes
SHA-256: f44b84910fcf087dd3dc2c0f832e7485daa76d2deb185ca9b642bfbda4f8e26b
font_02_sfnt_off0001132d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1132D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1