Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f324113a8375f4f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-16 06:55:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 032286dc96f1b9514af886d3107b508f SHA-1: eeb432ae7601999bef11a1e5c5f7d8f9abec827e SHA-256: f324113a8375f4f30c4fcbe3afd13fc64d1753b10dfdb9afef906d6f0884d3b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggest a link farm designed to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving exploitation of a PDF vulnerability to execute a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=six+tales+from+shakespeare+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b69b9262c9f---kokeser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6d4ac7519---20089516444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02b969dff8---63869708492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clainvest.pl/userfiles/file/78350223770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongamold.com/fckeditor/upload_files/file/liriwipujesabedixebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunglivet.com/uploads/files/202108142313462053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6ab7a4ffa---jimuwakisanewodifozaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd359c7040d---36552070178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/29435498707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799f2c72534---fejotuwuwutivoxoguwufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/sigibezaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4cbc7e7a99---gexosarorilasemipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89211795106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6b251eaa72fd670d1e3d856ef187e3d/90614401553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.azurwelcomeservices.com/userfiles/file/mezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a73a1e8b4---95749314296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a7bc6016f9a0d48a94fe85df381306a/fasafotodunopere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb0dae03be48797695ec895b0adc34f8/poxefirodiperakojejatigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbaaa353b1---59306548921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18418810935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hk3honrrdqijl4cmr5ilibc9m9/gijubapuxiroruti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72992425031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jb541p9qg2oi26shem7ui3309q/68285464329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2bc4eed300---98328427258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df917197370---bipuviru.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_off0000e877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE877 16548 bytes
SHA-256: e63ad9fb1b63a6c11985b80342e94424b03e328e6eb65223e8fae5ab4c21422d
font_01_sfnt_off00011359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11359 11068 bytes
SHA-256: e00fc7d16ae79bcd8143fe1455733edde728d93425a64fb71e5bfcc4c647421f
font_02_sfnt_off00012cdc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CDC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1