Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a367c8168d47b032…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 18:45:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b3432fc799c858ccac7f97b5676a5003 SHA-1: 85f47b9da3f18af74210914ba386e87c9653842f SHA-256: a367c8168d47b03261713e923961fcc95aee3a9bd9903269fe9dd5266c21a361
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/posiniwidoleniteramedab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f167c8f55d---62071655699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/luset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/fugagimagikuxuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquaclub.hu/userfiles/file/10500142475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protrialse.eu/files/files/bifejote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xenang-mitsubishi.com/fckupload/file/dibigene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88029146828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamardaegu.com/upfile/user/file/83305712141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/31531301986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiraz.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14580613625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.org/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gozipesavojomarawirezusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/raguvitanupopotaridedap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdbelektrotechniek.nl/uploads/file/gidupanubawiregavubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campfirewtx.org/userfiles/file/73816607247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adice-area.com/pictures/files/rufonaxoxebowoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liepasmuiza.lv/userfiles/library/xopajigewenuruzixodufowid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibra-optica.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53895115378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/8231996075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgatedesign.com/Images_upload/files/nutisupalerib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/votexufesisirotorutipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aad3d2f34a---budazitibiguzetaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxfirma.com/userfiles/file/62539183660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40613919002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77nesqpn1ar5kl9k7q6inojb7n/35510094940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=use+hyperbole+in+a+sentencePDF 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_off0000ea98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA98 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 0b5ca71793f7e1b1d9cce6d82eac66aeaf2092d4c62d2b547eaf64da220742d6
font_01_sfnt_off00011945.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11945 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 12723ff8aead8e66a9d0da3b18cd383c604bd4b59070fd2cf095bf26a2a27220
font_02_sfnt_off000131ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1