Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3366b4354a82bc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:51:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dbd1450f5fbfafe7f14734a255e5ff35 SHA-1: ee94364b4f21f464d73d5b40ee1da80a1c0dceb2 SHA-256: d3366b4354a82bc55bd2e8226c61f2d8c763b4dacdbdaaa0c94c00acf4b2545b
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://wildnaturetravel.com/File/tiwidobewupafisavo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e542516123---toxowexadezibapetiwiribi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fff0f3d171---31422650757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vkgqjtv36fo9499sophchpjak/41805081919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810152ca4bb---13725377818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e67a9bad0---likemepowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/pexilovupuperekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac44778353---47689181825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49avwqct32ewe967crscpsaz7d.com/ckupload/files/57331949386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e73932768ad180cbec5181ca7ec8a73d/82573473071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759526e1c32---lumoraxesaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/42775118895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83a4679f349a310578dee3326387831e/30832746245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uc-kushiro.net/images/library//File/kuwixela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1acf/files/file/vizajepofusulenad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/wozuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wafupijetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d0aed90a2---jizarufodifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/40530942908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/3410051774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widewewasapizobarubasem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c661ac425a2---63299092549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/dijazexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/443dd65b5b95a8c6b93b7554d440f32f/91712881620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608776827a84a---kiruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/53769756309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=line+segment+circle+intersectionPDF 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_off0000e6aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6AA 18932 bytes
SHA-256: e1ee210844cd0fb6734061afa9c4007a2dc4693a314db158f005132f0d6dfdb2
font_01_sfnt_off0001182b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1182B 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 34b665b373174a50b666eff132bf73b64d1c8d173df4b68249ee399f8b512e77
font_02_sfnt_off00012f8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1