Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d316fd22979f74b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-18 04:32:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 7f8f4f49b64a9e63a08ad15c86722585 SHA-1: a92a226d43a372affeb6e02ddd918b135115bc36 SHA-256: d316fd22979f74b74f1bc76d30fcbb485f47e6b5d366828ac044d4e18fea4ce7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of PDF_JS and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libro+procesos+de+transporte+y+principios+de+procesos+de+separaci%C3%B3n+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8fe337976---walezelomoruvaxoletip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szamosiszerviz.hu/feltoltott/files/6304326896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23252f551557615cfbbb7044263bb84b/nupulakuwevodumujosawajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/mitekazixob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/zapukanatowumepet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c145bfdaa8d1984036e797268c824d39/1030817534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca2630b785---wilegalakagenoline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a49646427210c2e6ce2cafdd3a716c09/60560375183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/zorapidiwaminimujasotawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhongzg.com/d/files/vofir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahodayabbsr.com/test/fckeditor/file/91854462823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auto-ecole-acm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zugusere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/42083460572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79600528767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/84811442292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawabed.pl/uploads/userfiles/file/63331794852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/93101828557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4gi5idh9o5dl9pv3etfbl854q/lukefuxasagomaguzojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/05/11/file/20210511_080624_142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dexevewefadegadaril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kezheng.net/Upload/file/86291076196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/90704188956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5sj4jnqs15evthfhm5t2i0a6v7/70746209974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a914253497e---9715631513.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_off0000edcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E6 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 3603a69f154d5333faee61a5d5b436e7c60892245edfa37eb2454ead29ae0ff0
font_02_sfnt_off00011ee0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EE0 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 7e7bb63a656c35f2a67687fafc4f9d743255ebe07b981cdd74ac43cf1ac34fdf