Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a323bbe033a1901d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-08-30 09:58:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 907822575b5e3764ebba9ff693619ee6 SHA-1: ff0f5f7fd0bf382c1851757dbc958399da3ce973 SHA-256: a323bbe033a1901d2724e3ed1609af6d095b2616742c75c1b40b76f7689f636e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further payloads. The numerous external links, many hosted on disposable domains, reinforce the phishing and redirection intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/29018936283.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tybistanbul.org/resimler/files/pavagitovasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897901474e9---betufujuzibijapurasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildzipper.com/clients/wildzipper/userfiles/file/25589941815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d284c3349---3037351923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34861034020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7807316b16---vibixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/33751861509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104132c7cf51---36112862793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guyfamilyreunion.com/clients/41950/File/nimijivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/jumepavuxozatedika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vru8bbu3vma2v5p7h54c1s2v5h/wudaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daonshop.com/files/fckeditor/file/36703945373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c3902a34f15a10c693fe446151cf2c3/zutesezigaferozagerewiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6tqi9hobg08j53j66q41ool96/vemogogepivemekixijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/26231171960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freewest.at/92765408537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72235122740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorillatheory.com/admin/upload/file/53030329898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dfe9c262f770c2ed1b4bc9f436e5896/gogitijojupamasuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09pkkvm1l1oer4g3ri4s2hl4k7/39610270032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gw21.ch/uploads/userfiles/file/46287336581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/66435529529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/88002346939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=snails+with+long+pointed+shellsPDF 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_off0000e105.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE105 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF917 17616 bytes
SHA-256: c564276e316c5c16ba48edf4f43aa3b730e6c9d36275b7e58de1b7093fc2677f
font_02_sfnt_off000126eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126EB 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 4bae51140ed33d9970ade96b21438968cdb65961f35fe92f267b36e1225e96f1