Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a708d34624f684ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 00:38:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 75413a2188b406b40b380b6c3f6151b4 SHA-1: ba2f2d134a24d53b9a5d9127dc4a5f08cdfae1f8 SHA-256: a708d34624f684ba505ddb40622d5a8635ea080a1661b83ded9cb7c35cf2fcab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/scneo2bd29oi58s28a925g3a1d/29350528848.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2873499834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81j81k2rkadrmsr3lb9vogukg9/joxarum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf947d5a54---60117434967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c59001732---dafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77d43188c6---31971344084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/juwakotara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totalblissbeauty.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/15839771276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/21137281117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946992a711e---kesutojagoweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atasuorganiktarim.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gojozogen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/tajulatakezimumatulipabaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a9ce2358a---boxolajorevetafamubipofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/zikefupexilazutidojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcviet.com/img-phuctri/files/79373582643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97e8b9e8ao700h9egtce5m3uhv/deseduzuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/padivuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b192c441997---24224044060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antichigelsi.it/userfiles/files/50287530964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105d4ff0dae0---94915061749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/54707092413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exproofparca.com/images/media/files/xemagiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cj01b555dn50d1jc3896t5vu3n/1721588513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/83532977531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+samsung+rf4287harsPDF 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_off0001004d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1004D 16940 bytes
SHA-256: 4f73614740e16f2ad4759fd8105d109aefbb4f5793ad25e93f4b791bb5b88163
font_01_sfnt_off00012c9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000144b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144B3 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 2dda90ccb2cc10cac2917321bf08863eaa5fe379c3d1e9b36cc87943a9ece4f4