Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d349ba89471ba475…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:22:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 27d12e3c2769cf367c16c39317ee76c7 SHA-1: 760992518bc0de452c031313e3e2720d394255bc SHA-256: d349ba89471ba47500b564382e76e28963b975344d85a3205f370e9bf5409700
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malicious content delivery mechanism. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcda0ace3b---jagugugodirewexad.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/780971e23347a884709c69bae74f5844/kotofizutoposape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/15910162981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop//contents/35879484386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08i0eqe3h7pbc0hmta6jitqlgv/nabizodavakovigagenupilix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanshost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/78713531942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sankaibearing.com/userfiles/files/zalaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympusflights.com/files/files/mesonemoxafulixepoduwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justforjetscatering.com/userfiles/image/files/zosavesaxeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd678496f56---fuwizotijorakidexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/19854161427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fond.ru/userfiles/file/316502778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65766518644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/92465512746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161105df3a4ac9---94536220926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wanna-drive.nl/files/File/12265871012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16195ac58809daeca6d59f837573ebe1/nijiritufisikipizizejoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcd31f96a14c4af0c24971e1fe09c169/bizuluwaromarepesubisapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goergenpainting.com/clients/0/0d/0d1038892961fdbf96b6a8e7e8daca8f/File/dogodebebanopinukijesupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddm4a48v0ebqp4bjj7tjq5knqb/mimefolidikikakow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/76458776962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095eef764ced---68418290521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snabsz.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9772581342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sulekiduligaxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=fisher+gold+bug+2+owners+manualPDF 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_off000103d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011be5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BE5 19132 bytes
SHA-256: 422e10f1ff1f37557ef5344c1d9c73b11d7ff5f0734f9995e6956fae09b82e2d
font_02_sfnt_off00014e13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E13 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 1d3d4764d2e1420b1e3fb6e0fcf4b104a264b7289538bd505bd2d4fdbc8dfb51