Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c367aa1b2126f350…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 22:42:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 53b9030a5f143403edf990c030364f4c SHA-1: 0beef4cb5dd1dd2af5c1ee2343205e99923a28de SHA-256: c367aa1b2126f350e5a93f5525ca647c18fcf01d0e7b7d9a966016fa4faa7aec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://markone-tools.com/upload/files/pamupijuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/bizop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160974c47dfe18---18130204475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/vowisanekemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/tatuduxevenaxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79043507866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbodnomr9cl3a0813geavrudh9/70135712878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/094db46fb2133e896b248ad941a29ea1/23463905029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/monarabur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a23e8a8a4e75f260449f1ee40026463/91696355760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/pofaregexisuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/330nvg51obc92akpnosjmjr1h7/5049015047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greaterdeliveranceministries1.com/clients/61527/File/57960245465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/nupapagujobabimomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48vft4h5anomjf4nrq4f0d8vc4/bonajafukoxirafinimabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f9ccf19d8bf8b8e585d7acbbdad47ba/40171295170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28ed174fe318c7381bbd64458aae4297/50358228022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a978b43369d---gimelakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetiparuzid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relocationservicesgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070aad288fd5---fesawibikapusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/niwiresijajezejezeguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/39497473366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b44884cca6---64656023353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/xusorasibokawatamafofan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdfecd224ae299059aa8f80744acfb70/nawegomuxaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=case+study+sheets+of+architecture+studentsPDF 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_off000119be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119BE 17428 bytes
SHA-256: fe6be2b656b8af35ef5f38753e11d33b528e311cd47d7b0081670799df5da6fa
font_01_sfnt_off000147ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147AD 10772 bytes
SHA-256: e55203aec04d17cc75a429fb9e6e0488cafe37ab1ec0124944da553e9fdc3fd0
font_02_sfnt_off0001607a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1607A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1