Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d302b8d72d4458a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:46:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fa7d47cb888ebbb2e66caf468f64cdf3 SHA-1: c9d64349d8fa1895339d5c759f449defe4b454e5 SHA-256: d302b8d72d4458a4129dc7b8f18e822f1cc523ed502eacc870e7b703e9bc8320
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely to obscure the ultimate payload. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic suggests the PDF instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a tactic to bypass gateway security.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/14453777029.pdf
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b7a094db4---94748196968.pdf
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobeduwubogedepi.pdf
    • http://villalapinetafavignana.it/userfiles/files/zitevijuvuwewijobodiked.pdf
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c01261a84457823e5dee3b743d8dbb6d/wofotuwulubofatafumaj.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0853f12322---38644350745.pdf
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxovolitugukiragito.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c9ab78e2c---29666526873.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b2ae87fa8---tafol.pdf
    • http://terminsk.by/pics/files/xazar.pdf
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0jo9r6ki0hq2qt4bri9hm89nr/11845175766.pdf
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/6922384227.pdf
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb22fa1e76---60078180378.pdf
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d708dbcc188b7331d01b7bcd907275c7/65900410976.pdf
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609846e15a87f---rozagikij.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114bdc1b9a44---57541084310.pdf
    • http://liily.jp/upload/file/20210728055837.pdf
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11252f8bb6fd1a8f612ce553f9154231/39065711391.pdf
    • http://richwoods1969.com/clients/861079/File/soxetijezafikofe.pdf
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/padavenesebupugulusiwex.pdf
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1setvn554spucihdulj618605a/kivefomafefalonibona.pdf
    • http://cabanagarden.hu/editor_up/84182011717.pdf
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/07/file/gulevugivitupavebis.pdf
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c55415e4853c7f07509eceba2c048e0/zorudixifigadowanogugine.pdf
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3be1e505aede78a87ee7c31f0020972/zifabamilusaju.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=liderazgo+de+excelencia+miguel+angel+cornejo+pdf+gratis
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db40.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB40 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f357.bin
975db4117ab2cb50385c0b75920ad1832945acea07dc68b06a664cf09c9ff09c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF357 11312 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010db0.bin
c36d6dde7c6c4c1f77ef2f5940059e1427ca308c74e3bb991e69ad6b663f90e0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB0 20292 bytes