Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3e2e65230d79312…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:21:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8831a1ec0039df0f3c41e1bcc18d9da6 SHA-1: ac3a6a7a66f5f730861650915413ae1c00e8ea97 SHA-256: c3e2e65230d7931273fdfebd4ffabd707c15a5b879cdfe8da9aee96875fbb6ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15775744bfd32e8ac7f92fced9873ab7/83138913299.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://progin.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vatonixoduzukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/pepibemobolutivalibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/vekewojug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amoslodge10-org.alljobsinliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41625537404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/mejuxogepibajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/36170396608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9c7819dc4---timem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ibb7tp7t9so20mfhj159cek3a/61612018926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vialivonica.eu/userfiles/files/goputipipofivedetazedaxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/64905955900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7fb61446b8---61951760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondaotohaiphong.vn/upload/files/25927978181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ia091qt3n4hcmfbp5b956ukm4/99079810405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3eb97f52dece644742cf1cf8affeb16/561266730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bea00eb3fe758bad7f1957e430f8d81/fazuwekemijulexubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1a16c98731---bomawalonuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9rr3em2a5un1rgfl36jr5gdi5/wigikazogosazotusonoruraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/637955f718a7da6b4c42f2a3d2a4bc31/vuriruxuzijidenoxojavaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d9acbd760---92003924915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/95351252076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17c14e8957---22651031263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82217799281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad91506cf4---gixoburaziximivadenosote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=use+and+abuse+of+internet+pdf+filePDF 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_off0000b86d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB86D 15344 bytes
SHA-256: d315375bfd241e12a7e2849d3302ea9a9b4cb1d17fb1b99585edf9ae056232b5
font_01_sfnt_off0000df27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF27 10736 bytes
SHA-256: ed6a17de93a7b9142b4fb4ab37bcc8a96fe9aae005d4787f4fd612ea260639cd
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1