Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e342616e0cf38aeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:16:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c7ed50fb37e01eaa307fd637603d1819 SHA-1: 7d9c545991f1912dabe1917db997820f2f738ba4 SHA-256: e342616e0cf38aebef8b51244fec31dd759201b0739ac5aaaeadb33fc2b2df5f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to host malicious files. The heuristic firings for 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021090903471173499.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/77272745199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsyjdq.com/v15/Upload/file/202192550467493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/99620077045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb990614a5---34837673846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerastar.com/userfiles/file/vovelarolixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130095e38155---varemubimuwemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadavojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didula.ru/img/file/jexajedusazatalivejemive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369e1e16588---66358631567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lekixalizix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/287696f8cadc6bbfd1c2f9e36762cb13/lowajatakoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/tasor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/wozefuwupofitiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5128eb02b51a0eb6c6bca169963da76/27668369526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opersan.com/file/4549138429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/48183769803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reedxtrainternational.com/uploads/pages/file/wojukadome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanghvicranes.com/staging/media/1065003169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af3d5b06cd---6675002025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ade68d2aa---31404239223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/ponajekozixidukaxivitop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/48139710750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aow.infogestnet.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repikojojegogepamupodugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=3d+bowling+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000b99d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB99D 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 9e20ce650866fb17865e6392806300e4e3737465c048daaed805fb62ddf75c86
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF1 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 21337704bf367b2dff682171e625e87512f7b55ae0b7c95506a8808f966ad5f1