Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f348ea1dfa4d3c20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:51:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0b3b3d762e0f815705f9981244302816 SHA-1: d044e1339068bb6694efad740dd8c7ba10ebe4f5 SHA-256: f348ea1dfa4d3c20a067cb55d49ed4a9b02b7787c467da6b8cc686e21eaa6b3e
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. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc81235aef---64938558213.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/92577588611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e137bfeef7c424e98a4c8294a58ee8a2/tiwatobelikepawixelises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3v7or4cdauc1kcji4k0op8ts2/7500411503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/99873617130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veivel.com/userfiles/file/dametifabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5u4227gq9bi67s5attjdh2dpp/wujanovivosuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/nisubodidejulajiwudax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qbuy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/74421742153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios//files/wugawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldfieldssanddrags.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11657752700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/wegamojavakol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cknj24r0151rufu27293l1b1q4/24847551671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b6f89cef9---89213714212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/dibewesigitav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/sepuvob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubk-sad.de/azubi/userfiles/files/sazumaxopupakolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/26308923998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/30904297263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8t5bdoq3kjilphklbdlos37jtl/pebujur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/wijom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/52196910960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/48516323208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sec-ollivier-associes.fr/www/upload/file/bapajepisiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/juxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=network+information+theory+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off00010b76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B76 20528 bytes
SHA-256: 55410356a8b8f413e3b1a5d57abfb636ed4c9e48c6ba12ed9310f244805a5207
font_01_sfnt_off00014234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14234 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015a4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A4B 10864 bytes
SHA-256: dae81503902f8b526823b1ae045ad701fd7530b847d849d6e4c24aa4e5a4c6bb