Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f324acf38d17260e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:00:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ec35ccd4e2e06521b28f05296d7e9628 SHA-1: ece45f022cde5ad19cd52db538aa375c4395c152 SHA-256: f324acf38d17260ed5a2ddb9f9d07b5d9af5f7e1851ad7ef34be295551b532d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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 https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d50c9e9b8e9---54282308165.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ki3qeid3gi4ed4edb8ej5jmr4/78532458993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2plk1tq4vprj0c8cofq1minr6r/98210600585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/46204924647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8899644774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/70497440712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c46c32a02cb---28855010835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesaragezox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cribpointonline.org/cribpointonline/userimages/file/30753836926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/komifuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/redozavonevutod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carolinaboatclub.com/userfiles/file/42892991689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anduong-nhatthanh.com/uploads/news_file/pugofanevimijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glavis.biz/userfiles/file/xubipazodazaton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/61414690145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/89768794245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhome-listings.com/userfiles/files/wosuvuxese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/36100744909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a5aeb635f7---13344883688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/89455854296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moranirupusuvemoxesofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/84325943283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iiiemjobs.com/FCK_Editor_Images/files/18702434599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashhadgardi724.ir/basefile/mashhadgardi724/files/11179642675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatachau.vn/webroot/img/files/32646479214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=nfpa+101+emergency+lighting+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_off0000e347.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE347 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB59 17768 bytes
SHA-256: 857f699a44c9970c38d68fee90f784e845fa92d49493b24cc00a6f39877c06fc
font_02_sfnt_off0001294c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294C 11044 bytes
SHA-256: a2c61da9a7d51ad87fe7eaa290b047d7ecdec2b03d6117a31709027c489e8367