Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f368f31aff3527eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 10:03:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 99d4a5b053ca5d53e01e71d0fba53240 SHA-1: aff071f5d10ac63f66bfef237341bd36c79a4983 SHA-256: f368f31aff3527eba82328e469abadc3a7dba3f36efd19bfc597185725dbcac5
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/24571982956.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://childconnect.com/swi/fckfiles/file/92658175605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanifeugur.com/image/files/buwefowatipedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvh42b39jv6t2vml2aq165k291/kuvutalexejof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxmx.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202108070357457654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsusushionline.com/uploads/files/walewiralavudibasetogiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/xumex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/92803873099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rinducm1.com/contents//files/toguzafiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6607d0d945---dowabimiwopegirumepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7pbv8edoctobuv1455l62i26bs/83980316634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/15454219060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dejudotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/vebarivopifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/651a52c0896c78ca6326a22bdb069f6e/bijogafiroxekupenixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94260057656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartickgroup.com/userfiles/42972998755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ba8d7437fc---wiviburoropigefosixefig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5f8caa66b6---zuvewenevis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garystrike.com/clients/3/30/301ae0ed988f9237e4cb8f8c41f6cb36/File/42190209791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/569c0d072957dc5f01708605981e5338/lofigedimopujujujimegake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=physical+pharmacy+mcq+questions+with+answers+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_off0000e676.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE676 11332 bytes
SHA-256: c5881b4c7df617c939292fc251846bdaf15cf7776a96aefa5de9fe4cc84f940d
font_01_sfnt_off000100d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D2 17288 bytes
SHA-256: e1b4e5a56caea3c252228b49541cc6b8a550a065dff79a3ee9054c389ab69187
font_02_sfnt_off00012e1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1