Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3953103c7da25b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 14:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7a1a701523a998767487002b224ba560 SHA-1: a9cd1cac2d891dc06daffd64eae1f2c187f63240 SHA-256: d3953103c7da25b98e627f81b58fcc3e3b39ff8724c8285ba5691934b171ac24
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a strong likelihood of malicious intent, aiming to redirect users to potentially harmful content or phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138573bbacf8.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.niziointerior.pl/upload/file/jakadijikusuvaniferix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/99172953086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/kutasijigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verredistri.fr/xmedia/file/robubigefuvopovaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rudolphi.nu/userfiles/file/ruzititerobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/siwenobepumurowavenulaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/42481977981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sn1r917aa4d58cl7fpi0jf5u04/jevevamisekezotemawofefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/panosulefidodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f61c0012d1---jowodogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/33416519994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dveropolis.ru/upload_picture/92383157888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisojimafidoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markyatirim.com/resimler/files/27135891223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/80284203109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa020d2f0cd0f28944123b0db0dd23f2/79404060611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/64009393470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brawlcall.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26308403925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ff-engineering.com/userfiles/files/80824559949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/88451000395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i5e5nrfutvq6qfnfgt9k22f7p3/zuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3359f523849ac6d6e3324458b2599b3a/fugosabibedivuxesisiveler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=digital+image+processing+2nd+edition+solution+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307739bf053---mozifoneli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000db24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB24 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 20ed843dae7b53c3243d8ce47f924820e3d3c8c7ea266cf6026179ed031a7dd1
font_01_sfnt_off000109ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D1 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 2d6821b90fbe1f053bc09e594729217226afacc09d6d7505a9ebdb6d3e937a33