Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3358cd6cb424510…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 07:30:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: acdea74541925ae007973aa3bf39b7b2 SHA-1: 4681f4bb54c96f7e722e1014441cd7caf8690cdf SHA-256: d3358cd6cb424510bf50e416d3af28a650768789c2009f466e79c8c02e1b675e
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 distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect the user to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b88774e25---46512919724.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ed13b83c2---jezopudekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/80768444278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edc36e4c34eb0634989814cf15c9dcb9/24116810112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b56db4416---79488844094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/ziworaguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/zunifalizogasedugadafujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2fb1c65b9---31231109557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f46d24b98---77862169933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79d811b678---2325460594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62870049390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/magorunefatikatabesuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/42753814148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/suwezugobevaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f35872c0d27bc0cf47fb54f96a628bf8/buxozalaluguxiburesovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/88979120246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a86581bc4---redabukubimifodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4f34dac3c---24111923549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/1480673096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viticoltura-enologia.com/file/91663174145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=organizations+rational+natural+and+open+systems+pdfPDF 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_off00011221.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11221 16812 bytes
SHA-256: 985b8414631215bf1e85ce230fe8db176c9a5a3d220f2ea3918be536fd8a2a80
font_01_sfnt_off00013db8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DB8 11140 bytes
SHA-256: a50cb87bac096b0f111e23bc290411a96cb769c6fc88fb2fa4a2970a074baf01
font_02_sfnt_off0001579b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1579B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1