Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e2220552ffc6fe5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-08-11 15:43:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 209327bb0589c7edec759816599eac22 SHA-1: 5e62a248cccb175aca77733abcc92daa19937ec3 SHA-256: 0e2220552ffc6fe5185eae10719bd4bf193263af68b5f7a7c1eef184c31531ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories further indicates malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd03609c2c---94536510307.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aabe15193ff---kijerezimatididom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/dagudajubutebizuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xurinepesojudepunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef649fec49f5dbc27d9e47dbdc4a2a91/70105199558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210803213407995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiparga.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc8dea48b017549013099b140586a02/3571421602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e94b2e0175a---dimaxuloziwuvobejusevake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39b49d3f5b102eab88cf7a8e709a2a83/pozedoxetibulijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202171474450029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinocosmik.ru/sadm_files/18287818126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttq6dmftso98ma002mtk7nrqvc/lagetomuwugusok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae7ed4c57fa---pavafavafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161098f2339c6d---22190990698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/72750229088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/legiludit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksukartela.com/images_upload/files/mofawibiposinusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/ganude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lokisuwazipulubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782d867f367---lurapifubitiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af92bac06b0---bibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec0bedff8a160170d1e8f066373484e7/82777029089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/26979816585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcfa0ee2342c1eb72b9dd77714c11ccc/53657036931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentos+da+dan%C3%A7a+cl%C3%A1ssica+vaganova+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_off0000f04b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF04B 18976 bytes
SHA-256: 68907e848f51391f7edf97dd25c6896dcfba958264bda60f6c6306f271edc158
font_01_sfnt_off00011eb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136C8 11384 bytes
SHA-256: 7e9a0ccef0132bbcd43e121787811745a553f5f6211fe1e9c03b0c693126c046