Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3205fa0f5cdec97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:22:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7da5927d8a1e33909f3126b47a649e51 SHA-1: 59db5761af1ad63d53933507f3396768bec1fc77 SHA-256: d3205fa0f5cdec972e49ab949af2be5a9513175b2e7df2245f7a65bdc79cd80d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/boxujojesixumagew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ff7b3dffd---wotikajufezazoromimalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/07/files/210716034738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9821e4980---biwujuwevekatir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n4cqadj2nqb1mlob3odp4ovplu/zetoxadobomakefasaner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/95088397852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffd2dbe98d---sajesuboweponexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htg7blvnhk1kf8j2sa5vn464pi/bufol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hmh.sk/files/articles/file/zirafeteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petala.gr/userfiles/file/luwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alcera.ca/userfiles/file/wifaduvepaxoseduxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927c56650d3---jorelumoreta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f32ce78a4a469cc652d23643cf533ba/zidubaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd1c481520---13895141703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcf188a8d6da020be9808124e203cd47/lotirizubawexojavopivos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4212b3ccaa---46737907385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b69f2b789e9---sikakareso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/pezobagitor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formel1vermietung.de/userfiles/file/58994349200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/30919526387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089606618f11---76067487909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a1f7558fd0---bavarogediludetilukoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610289db8a008---poperirasikeluta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a5b736e4c8a074baedb9ba6514cc2bd/31560279219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=whereabouts+are+you+from+meaningPDF 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_off0000e5a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A0 10964 bytes
SHA-256: c174cff4b879b01648ba83b63d6911382cf4cf90df044bef28f80a676a561132
font_01_sfnt_off0000fefb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001170d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1170D 22624 bytes
SHA-256: ff0bef93129958f672c41c93b91e490959f3a4dc3ba8cb8ed9b989366ff85e71