Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a357e1b8e997c41f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:36:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e75e0603533efb4d8111bb782941954b SHA-1: 9b395c624c11839b6e3bcf6f9eaedd42634d6ae4 SHA-256: a357e1b8e997c41f8133388f4dc81e46bcdc99365d111530940976703bc74317
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of external URIs and points to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or trojan payload. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=african+american+history+trivia+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/tajik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/12229678391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hvb9k9btr9k1k1sod42l95mqn/67024241507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airelimpio.mx/img/editor/file/lelujevibelugusanezodimof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/vedopudiguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cb45c429a---61154940493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feast.to/upd_file/96142970500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607920c820282---48174288273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/sogeduzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/jopojan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15e7bb4011---38138951261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701b27a743a---zumenizejeronuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742a27d6ee3---zalawegulapina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86n8na3bqcbuhir54jl2j5epo6/lazevizop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/dukuxapokevudukizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711fa127b46---3286242784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2dd28e30a---64551537550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/40871440078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67d36b07a2cfc83c2aac96d2a3468f2a/33607182498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccc1d88fb8---47411810879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0703e62a84e78f44a06a696b1929efad/lutireza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/771f3f9f7d927cd11d856971d5aff317/99153594985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb942a5328---lotepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio6deenero.com/uploaded/files/lisuvusokar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b95608064---28440853517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00012693.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12693 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013eaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EAA 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 6096035b5a80b27d886b22785bd1d2b57a39d4195a712bf8d7475da371cbc3ff
font_02_sfnt_off0001588b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1588B 17916 bytes
SHA-256: ebbf64f30d25634dea71b8f4e9fe7f20f40e4ff26799e0db8249aed019367786