Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c947b0344c3719ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-08-10 17:50:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: c96b6bb209bed94076e10ebd68c9a9d8 SHA-1: 822a5995b3480d939f68fd2ae231c086e0e7a80e SHA-256: c947b0344c3719ff7000ca514ec281dfe32eedb475a5ac4c61b3c8bde99b220d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088cd236754e---jojerutoruxezufegene.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/25604262245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/78301094618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02ecb23f7c7dfebec73195d7c523150a/jikuvat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/vanumixazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/79137066538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/90519069805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60eaaae13ec3625e54d343059f499ddd/40247619640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e119ea46a5ff20c6753286d0bfbd4fc/6287662228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d06cb9dfee---mesuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30837392333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787fd9964b5---guzif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8iukcosaa7hk5u700napg7jlj8/79371204585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed449eb810---zijoxoxewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmic-kino.ru/sadm_files/3845482505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608043713df0e---69373663129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/29229300819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohstigers66.com/clients/d/da/da15611725e7ba20b6827cbf2e24f87d/File/xanupejibegalonasobaret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ec7f1aec8---39497671786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychaybocaocap.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/41304672611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mawaevents.com/uploads/file/xoris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc59c94f09---vitiluwolifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d78cb877d98c2071cd047f0f2f13ecc/15327232123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=mathswatch+clip+207+surds+answersPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8208c812ab49bf6a16aac553c3bf6259/zazawubisodelimok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fb9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9F 10964 bytes
SHA-256: f42659bed3f7f3dcf61268117a1c1dead874e5ffae40a7b644bb618b65d0a24e
font_01_sfnt_off00011525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11525 16460 bytes
SHA-256: 366f9e06712abee5cb345e5014f8d6e2ce981d27f7bd1daec654e29408b17ac2
font_02_sfnt_off00013fe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1