Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c304abbb445a666d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-07-24 11:49:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ebd5499082843f55d57dd6330cc8458c SHA-1: 4a929aae09b2cc32952b1caea346612eaec2af10 SHA-256: c304abbb445a666dc98288c3def85fca0439b8da5e40d03b1dd68e7459a61838
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links. Several heuristics indicate that these links form a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900475d8201---70302903285.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/61219143595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04198380b4---fudazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef98784dde---rigamejegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/zulaniramexobamuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05ef1f1ef6---24819589449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/wapekovajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074471992f9a---lufalewukoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9d9652f664bf0f114a5e67677ff2caa/27746750206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8b659a8b595389efe4a68802b9a1163/94221390485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/pabiwubepuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f73ee0e6a4f---69053233855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4833a375fe---rotuxejafofivupuxidajuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/wabowenofikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioboscono.it/userfiles/files/58565107810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8601e93b4d---vunogefetuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985559dc3f8---velitaxudifesimadus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d5032ec89---24596195623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/34929878852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607140b4424f1---68417181479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9ffbbcaa0e---86788416062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56990994532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751465e7ccc---97747578087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=gramatica+basica+real+academia+espa%C3%B1ola+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_off0000cf2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF2C 11064 bytes
SHA-256: bc07f6928c2af5ba2c0a4a7901b3ceda74cbfcecd8da8ba27ae75c11a6ebadc7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000100c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C9 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 732961c74991c34c18a04e81e90ac0b484ec348c4d48637cf918446d16cbc198