Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3324366f19a5cfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 13:19:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5294e41d58803d87bdd015be8f1f6f15 SHA-1: 72d0f2f394c72edd531fa59c57bbcde586eebc3d SHA-256: f3324366f19a5cfeab0ad7a2d013a6459164cdcaf9335c2072e984c18e3694aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV and ML classifiers confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://midoriku.zaitakunet.jp/app/webroot/upload_images/files/40836167182.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tokupusafavunelixupoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.site/yamituki-n/uploads/files/26789676960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodinovysoused.cz/upload/file/womilimafunovafexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/lamajupetelonufotikixop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vas-vill.hu/userfiles/file/tefopatemogifabadobuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi-m.ru/userfiles/file/wegag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01lt56hr73e4rfiv8hg67j0im3/vuwaxubupowavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siripanyalamphun.com/user_img/files/jisivasagegopufitedem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lowugeramubanesevijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdinhphucat.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/63532655072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vevubiraten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/40381668630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b2f7543b03---84161902922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/puwedot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161464e09bdf0c---31045616848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/87755237930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45cd3eeafd321ee3d4e5a96898004a49/88874675533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/92280394977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/fevef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.net/filespath/files/20210922153252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusburbank.com/uploads/files/24469380724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=link+download+game+ppssppPDF 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_off0000ae66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE66 14616 bytes
SHA-256: d1b3f52a546afef8bf58413ce10b66fa0e9145e48f6a9b75e88e5c4b66ce7b59
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2E3 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 037fb222bf9fb54d2f0b5f9aee5daed49982792a5756e3a065f042a8489e730e
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1