Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b368c91970c89e0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:50:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d149e7e0f2ffd348f77d8f292f7cba7d SHA-1: f33440ae08183c9150d6d97cbb3d163d7bc7a03e SHA-256: b368c91970c89e0bbf30fd105c4bef68885d0adcdac46ad5a9c694b06f16d719
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 upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO abuse. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/vokonurelu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gmnavarra.es/ckeditor/files/katabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequoia60.com/clients/875776/File/gopomaxebugevuvipogerixuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e7e6d6d1a---23799699580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/41840573875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ditoduwubajunepevagebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/42773727352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/122977cb0a4d58c4fa0b7b7a5c866c4c/nosopofixatusak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/25229964400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dejavuruse.com/userfiles/file/68209667468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/1836414044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71925236607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25161566753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731d41ce281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612927ea6324e---lowazowuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e478537cd---25121030561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syria-report.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kekuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cezartravel.hu/userfiles/file/69720077703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104408e08a4d---52966712760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abd5a201fbcb8a28a4b372b817d2041b/52286972009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/858aaaf6dc2998005669e9c656ec5b28/setubiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe18gb1lu75omo1ek5ue2ovc34/rogujukovuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48d1a68217bbe1a65fa9b4335fb5c997/vaniputotudutodolifinaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=juegos+para+aprender+ingles+para+ni%C3%B1os+gratis+pdfPDF 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_off0000db56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB56 19136 bytes
SHA-256: f51d7761d2f0f3b54556c33da148d5953b449566f96f0e7eb3de2ccfab5e4400
font_01_sfnt_off00010c37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C37 10972 bytes
SHA-256: e5a985e3b7bd7806bd78a08d1ad303bf93625f7221353e761477d589b2cff993
font_02_sfnt_off0001255a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1255A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1