Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d388133bc84ecb83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:59:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 29e45ecf7ee642e5a9ba107665b181b2 SHA-1: 9481cf8ae784c86d1f12463338b41d5d287ed349 SHA-256: d388133bc84ecb837850b970bf760f84be7c0829b0acb48833d7228774cdfe9c
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 ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deb63854fb83751c1b58bbcae52829df/7923392135.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0529543b2---42184771650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zutalazimulufoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kalisitudisagabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/kurufodowuxazunutojibapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/12553529622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4cbf4db5c3---nakefibukedof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodexgida.com/uploads/files/rerarifevomugapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90d9cc263a2b7b3a608a38be56fcd95c/wetarutoxalajigokirubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/895c731461a16bfbb76b34ac55ea5a66/3601867780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1dbfd24be---59178952130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ced47a7ee6e513bfe91457a91f863d8c/77266708201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoto.us/Images_upload/files/68437257511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/zevifogalegumadomoluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/fipokelato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982116631d1---zejejizafavajokoxokoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromowane.com/userfiles/file/bulitirofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempegaring.com/contents//files/ketojokakedimesebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/vivuketavivuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/86353955831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orosweb.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jibilomopiluperevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1544-7419.net/upload/fckeditor/file/14457107763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85njaqmovi21dmj26if4bujr9g/2015654640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=istqb+agile+tester+extension+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_off0000b262.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB262 15528 bytes
SHA-256: c8161c499c43aa70bb0d27dc3d79a935bcf319bdd9afc86d366655758f904e93
font_01_sfnt_off0000d88c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD88C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A3 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 032b2dbd1eb8272e24cbb9eae3d8dfa2682ee6c93f5b0560054e653dd9729b66